Lot #115 - Bernard Gussow, 1881-1957 (Russia/USA)

Bernard Gussow, 1881-1957 (Russia/USA)

Estimate: 450 - 900 £

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Lot Description

Bernard Gussow (1881-1957). Urban Landscape, 1st half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas, size 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 inches). Frame dimensions 83 x 63 cm (32 2/3 x 24 3/4 inches). Signed lower right. (Painter Bernard Gussow was born in Russia in 1881, and died in New York City in 1957. From 1912, he was a teacher at the Newark, New Jersey School of Fine and Industrial Art, and he was active in the New York modernist artist scene, exhibiting at the landmark Armory Show of 1913 and with the Society of Independent Artists. He also showed his work during the 1930s and 1940s. Studied: CCNY, Art Student League, National Academy of Design and Ecole des Beaux Arts with Bonnet.Paris. Member: AEA, American Artists Congress and the Art League of America. Exhibitions: Armory Show of 1913 in NYC; S.Indp A. 1917-34; Luxembourg Museum in Paris 1919; AIC 1926, 1930-32, WMAA 1927-1936; Salons of America 1931; PAFA 1932; Rockefeller Center 1937; WFNY 1939; NGA 1938; LOC 1944-46; CI 1944; New Jersey AA. Work: WMAA; Newark Museum; Barnes Foundation; MOMA; LACMA; US Marine Hospital mural, Los Angeles; US Post Office East Rochester, New York. Comments: Teaching including the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. Sources: Who's Who 1959 and Who's Who 1947.)