Ary Stillman (February 13, 1891 – January 28, 1967) was a representational and abstract Russian-American painter born in Hresk near Slutsk, Belarus.
Stillman immigrated to the United States after less than two years at the Imperial School, landing in Sioux City, Iowa at the age of 16.
After a short stint at the Art Institute of Chicago, Ary once again was on the move, relocating to New York City in 1919 at the age of 28.
At this time Ary became more concerned with his interpretation of the deeper inner content of his subject, and less interested with its objective outer form.
Of the ninety painting and drawings donated to the University, twenty-five have been allocated as gifts to graduating doctoral candidates in the Department of Art History and Archaeology who are recipients of a Stillman fellowship.