Serge Hollerbach
(1923 - 2021)

Selected works from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, Kolodzei Art Foundation

 
Serge Hollerbach
Broadway Figures in Byzantine Style, 2016
Acrylics on canvas, 40 x 30 in.  
Hollerbach immigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled on the Upper West Side of New York City, where he resided until his death in 2021. Along with being his home, the Upper West Side served as his inspiration and was the source of many of his paintings. Among other subjects, he was drawn to painting the inner solitude of city dwellers as they went about their daily business.  

Anna Kolodzei Days of Art video series present: Serge Hollerbach Broadway Figures in Byzantine Style https://youtu.be/5N4hEHeIXaw

Drawings by Serge Hollerbach

Serge Hollerbach (Сергей Львович Голлербах) was born in Pushkin (Tzarskoye Selo), Russia, in 1923. He studied in West Germany at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1949; then he came to New York City to study at the Art Students League in 1951, and the American Art School of New York City in 1952. He has taught at the National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York, conducted workshops across the country, served as juror, and lecturer. Hollerbach received numerous awards for his casein and watercolor and  painting. His work are in many public collection including: the Yale University Art Gallery, St. Paul Gallery of Art, Georgia Museum of Art (Athens, Georgia), the Mead Art Museum (Amherst College).
Publications include Composing in Acrylics; Sketches in Pen & Ink and Watercolor;  Notes of an Artist, and the memoir New York Notebook, among others. In addition, he has published articles in American Artist, The Artist's Magazine, and Today's Art.

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