Michael R. Filmus

Great Barrington, MA - Michael Roy Filmus, Artist
Michael Filmus, born in 1943 in New York City, artist, fine
woodworker and skilled archer, died on July 3 at his home in Great
Barrington, Massachusetts.
Michael was a graduate of Boston University where he studied
Philosophy and fine art. He then did further studies at the Art
Students League in New York City and with his father, Tully Filmus, a
realist painter of considerable renown. His mother, Glady s, was a
dancer and accomplished pianist. Michael's landscapes were inspired
by the fields, lakes and streams of the Berkshires. Some of his
paintings are in notable collections including the Art Institute of
Chicago, the Butler Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of
Art. He was represented in New York by Hirschi and Adler Galleries,
David Findlay Jr.,Fine Arts and the Arden Gallery in Boston.
In the early 1990s he moved to Great Barrington, where he designed
and helped build a spacious home and gardens which he embellished
with his own artful stonework and fanciful wood creations.
And Great Barrington was where he met Barbara Mabel, who was to
remain his loving and devoted mate for the rest of his life.
T hose who knew Michael, knew a person who was kind, humble and
extraordinarily talented. He had many loy al friends and they will miss
him greatly.
Michael is survived by Barbara Mabel and by his devoted brother,
Stephen Filmus, also of Great Barrington.
Donations can be made to HospiceCare in the Berkshires and the
People's Pantry GB
Services will take place at the Elmwood Cemetery in Great Barrington