Marilyn Szalay

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Full Name	Marilyn Szalay
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1950(1950-01-20)
Age	74
Date Of Death	2012-11-03
Birthplace	Cleveland
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Capricorn

Marilyn Szalay Biography

Marilyn Szalay is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on January 20, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Marilyn Szalay (1950-2012) was a contemporary figurative realistic painter and draftsperson. Most well-known for her large charcoal drawings of human beings or animals. Szalay’s style was influenced by journalistic photography, and her work is based on a strong sense of draftsmanship and imposing compositions with a lot of psychological dimension. Hellen Cullinan, a writer for The Cleveland Plain Dealer said of Szalay’s workthat “Powerfully expressive gestural and facial closeup details reflect Szalay’s command of behavioral and physical characteristics.”

Timmy is an illustration of the mountain gorilla. It is an example of his work at his work at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo as an artist, volunteer, and docent. in 1993 Plain Dealer critic Helen Cullinan was awed by Szalay’s drawings of an orangutan, chimpanzee and gorilla at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: “Powerfully expressive gestural and facial closeup details reflect Szalay’s command of behavioral and physical characteristics.”

Szalay has participated in the Lakeland Community College annual “from WOMAN” exhibitions during her lifetime and posthumously. In 2013, the “from WOMAN VI” exhibition was dedicated to Marilyn Szalay by curator Mary Urbas, who used her drawing, “Self-Portrait with Frog” on the poster. Urbas, who has also consistently exhibited Szalay’s work in her bi-annual Skull and Skeleton Show describes Szalay as “incredibly prolific.”

In 2014 Marilyn Szalay’s work was permanently archived in the collection of The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. The Artists Archives is an archival facility and regional museum that preserves representative bodies of work created by Ohio visual artists and, through ongoing research, exhibition and educational programs, actively documents and promotes this cultural heritage for the benefit of the public.

In her 40-year career as a figurative artist Marilyn Szalay was a life drawing instructor at every important art and educational institutions located in Northeast Ohio, including Kent State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Virginia Marti College of Fashion and Art, Cooper School of Art, Cleveland State University and Cleveland Institute of Art. Her reputation for being an uncompromising teacher who never hesitated to use her words as was documented by a former student, Brian W. Fairbanks who she taught live drawing in Cuyahoga Community College. Fairbanks notes “Life Drawing went extremely well today. The teacher did not once criticize or mock my drawings as she’s often inclined to do.” — Journal entries, Tuesday, February 2 1990.

Marilyn Szalay Net Worth

Marilyn Szalay is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marilyn Szalay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduating with the BFA and an MFA at Kent State University, Marilyn Szalay started her career in the field of art in the latter part of the 1970s as an editor in the Sun Newspapers in Cleveland, Ohio. She maintained a strictness and integrity to the traditional art of film photography using 35mm in black and white. printing and processing her own films and enlargements in her darkroom at home. Always on location and using daylight, she never utilized a flash or performed enhancements or adjustments within the darkroom. As a firm believer in the authenticity of the view she captured through the camera’s viewfinder she would never crop images when working in the darkroom.

Marilyn Szalay, born in Cleveland, Ohio grew up and attended public schools located in Rocky River, Ohio. She graduated with a Master in Fine Arts in 1972 and Master of Fine Arts in 1975 from Kent State University. Kent State University

Her work was published by American Artist Magazine in 2000 as part of “Realism Today,” a national juried competition with a physical show was at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco. She was regularly featured in “Dialogue, An Art Journal” from 1985 to 1983, and her work was reviewed multiple times by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her charcoal drawings were featured on the Women Drawing Women online journal, a subset of the Women Painting Women Movement.

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Marilyn Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Marilyn Szalay celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.