![]() In 2002 Chicago philanthropist Seymour H. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, William Gropper, Ilya Bolotowsky, Stuart Davis, Adolf Dehn, Ben Shahn and Louis Schanker. He was one of the seven WPA artists who contributed to a mural at Riccardo's, Schwartz (Music), Malvin Albright (Sculpture), Ivan Albright (Drama), Aaron Bohrod (Architecture), Rudolph Weisenborn (Literature), Vincent D’Agostino (Painting), and Ric Riccardo (Dance). During the Great Depression, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He returned to Chicago in 1930 where he painted views of the city and its working class. While at the Art Students League, Bohrod was influenced by John Sloan and chose themes that involved his own surroundings. Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York between 19. ![]() This one presages Pop Art with its depiction of road signs.īohrod was born in Chicago in 1907, the son of an emigree Bessarabian-Jewish grocer. ![]() ![]() Aaron Bohrod (1907 – 1992) was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'œil still-life paintings. ![]()
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