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Childs Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition Henry Botkin: From Realism to Abstraction, on view from November 16, 2017 to January 7, 2018. Henry Botkin (1896-1983) was a mid-century American modernist equally known as a painter, a collage artist, and for his work as a proponent of abstract art. Botkin’s oeuvre can be defined by three distinct styles—School of Paris Modernism, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition leads the viewer through each phase of Botkin’s work from realism to abstraction.

Botkin studied at the Massachusetts College of Art before moving to New York …