Abraham Harriton
Abraham Harriton was a Romanian-born Jewish modernist artist and social realism painter in the United States.[1]
Abraham Harriton | |
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 Harriton working on a painting for the 1939 World's Fair, 1938 | |
| Born | 1893 |
| Died | 1986 |
| Nationality | Romanian, American |
| Education | National Academy of Design |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Modernist Social realism |
Born in 1893 in Bucharest, then the Kingdom of Romania, Harriton studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City from 1908 until 1915. There, he studied under artists such as Kenyon Cox, Emil Carlsen and George DeForest Brush. Harriton himself later become a teacher at the Academy, and, like many other artists during the Great Depression, received commissions from the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s.[2]
His 1939 mural for the Augusta, Georgia post office Plantation, Transportation, Education, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, is on display at the Augusta Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
During that era, Harrinton had strong ties with the American Left, displaying his works at exhibits put on by the John Reed Club.[3]
Personal life
At the time of his death in 1986, Harrinton was survived by his wife, Estelle, their son, Charles and their daughter, Maria.[4]
References
- "Abraham Harriton papers". Syracuse University Library Finding Aids. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- "Abraham Harriton". AskArt. 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- Hemingway, Andrew (2002). Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 0-300-09220-2.
- "Abraham Harriton papers, 1910-1986". Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
External links
- New Deal artists: Author gives new perspective on their social role from the Post Gazette, featuring Harriton's "6th Avenue Underemployment Agency."
