Background
Blovits, Larry John was born on October 19, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Edward and Audrey (Codde) Blovits.
(Thanks to the practical instruction in these pages, you w...)
Thanks to the practical instruction in these pages, you will soon know how to use the beautiful, delicate pastel medium to create light-filled landscapes, sophisticated still lifes, and pleasing portraits. Beginning with materials and methods, then moving on to practical, step-by-step demonstrations, master pastelist Larry Blovits shares with readers the time-tested theories and techniques he employs in producing his widely admired, award-winning paintings.
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Blovits, Larry John was born on October 19, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Edward and Audrey (Codde) Blovits.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1964. Master of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1966.
Clerk, United States Physician organization, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1958-1964;
graduate teaching assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1964-1966;
adjunct instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1966-1967;
adjunct instructor, U. Detroit, 1966-1967;
adjunct instructor, Macomb County Community College, Warren, Michigan, 1966-1967;
instructor Europe program, Providence College, 1971, 73, 75,77;
instructor, Northern Michigan U., Marquette, 1966-1967;
professor art, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1967-1993;
retired, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1993. Visual arts advisor Michigan Council Arts, 1976-1981, member in artist-in-schools pool, 1977-1981, artist in residence, 1977-1978. Visiting artist Henry FordCommunity College, Dearborn, Michigan, 1972, Montcalm Community College, Sidney, Michigan, 1982, 83, Michigan Technology U., Houghton, 1989.
Artist in residence Lowell (Michigan) Middle Schools, 1984, Forest Hills Middle Schools, Grand Rapids, 1987, St. Jude Elementary, Grand Rapids, 1989.
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With United States Army, 1954-1957. Member Pastel Society of America, American Portrait Society (co-chairman education committee), Kansas Pastel Society, Oil Pastel Association, Midwest Pastel Society, American Society Portrait Artists, Salmagundi Club, Knickerbocker Artists.
Married Jean Curtis; children: Laurie, Lisa, Jay, Jack, Greg. Married Joyce Elaine Dreyer, November 17, 1978 (divorced 1992). Married Linda Jeanne Felde, February 14, 1997.