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			RUDOLF BELARSKI
		Rudolph Belarski was born in 1900. According to legend, he was a teen-aged school drop- out working for a coal processing plant in Pennsylvania and painting grafitti on the plant walls when his talent was discovered by his boss, who re-assigned him to do advertising posters for the firm. This break led to his "reform"; he spent his free time in self-education and became not only a prolific reader, but something of an expert on philosophy. At the age of 21 he went to New York City to work his way through the Pratt Art Institute with odd paint jobs. He earned money as a private art teacher, as a sign painter, and as a master portraitist. The latter earned him a nice reputation and brought several awards and honors for his portraits.After graduating from Pratt, his talents were such that he was hired by the school as an instructor. He was named head of the commerical art division.
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