Additional information
| Country | American |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Artist | Reisman |
ArtistReisman, Philip
Artist Years1904-1992
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleSisters
Yearca. 1930
MediumDrawing > Mixed Media
Dimensions17 X 12 inches
Description
Gouache, watercolor, and ink on wove paper, signed lower right.
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Washington DC, 1983
NotesWhen he was four years old, Reisman fled Polish pogroms with his mother and three siblings to join his father and two older brothers in New York. Because the family was poor, his father discouraged his early ambition to be an artist. Undeterred, Reisman dropped out of high school after six months to study at the Art Students League. By working at odd jobs he was able to take classes there for six years. His early paintings were candid, crowded scenes of the life he saw around him on the Lower East Side of New York: butchers, carters, peddlers, and homeless men in the Bowery. His first one-man show in 1932 was a critical success.
(source: Smithsonian American Art Museum)