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Elias Grossman - Rainy Day on the Square

Rainy Day on the Square (1935-1943)

Elias Grossman (American, 1898 – 1947)
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This work was commissioned by the United States federal government as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. It is not subject to copyright protection.

Painter, etcher, and lightographer Elias Grossman was born in Kobryn, Russia and emigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York with his family in 1911. He studied at the Educational Alliance Art School; the Cooper Union; and the Art Students' League of New York. By the late 1920s, Grossman had become widely recognized for his etchings and engravings depicting New York and other American cities. In the 1930s and 1940s he traveled extensively; the etchings resulting from these travels depicted locations in southern Europe and the Holy Land.

His was a member of the Society of American Etchers, and worked for the W.P.A. Federal Arts Program. He exhibited widely during the late 1930s and 1940s. His work is held by numerous institutions including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, and the Tel-Aviv Museum.

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Woodstock

Woodstock (1936)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1889 – 1953)
Family Picnic

Family Picnic (ca. 1935-1943)

Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Mob

Mob (1935 - 1939)

Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909-1990)
Portrait

Portrait (1935 - 1943)

Hugh Miller (American, 1911-1988)
Brothers

Brothers (1934)

Malvin Gray Johnson (American, 1896 – 1934)
Mlle Modiste

Mlle Modiste (ca. 1935-1943)

Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Barn and Broken Down Silo

Barn and Broken Down Silo (1935-1943)

Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907 – 1977)
Jitterbug Swing

Jitterbug Swing (circa 1939)

David Burke (American, 1935–1943)
Accordion Player

Accordion Player (ca. 1939-1940)

Donald Forbes (American, 1905 - 1951)
Man and Machine

Man and Machine (ca. 1939)

Ida Abelman (American, 1910–2002)
G. G. Park District – San Francisco

G. G. Park District – San Francisco (1939)

Jennie Lewis (American, 1892–1944)
The Cotton Gin

The Cotton Gin (1938)

Scott Bell Jr. (American, 1924–1984)
April

April (1935–43)

Fritz Eichenberg (American, 1901 – 1990)
Coastline, California

Coastline, California (1935-1941)

Dong Kingman (American, 1911 – 2000)
Firehouse No. 15

Firehouse No. 15 (ca.1936)

Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh (American, 1890–1944)
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