About Harold Rotenberg

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    Harold Rotenberg (1905-2011)

    He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1905. He began his studies at age 19 in Jerusalem at the Bazalel Academy, which taught students in the tradition of French Post Impressionism.

    His return to America in 1926 led him to Cape Ann, where he set up his first studio in Gloucester. During these early years, he studied under Charles Hawthorne and later with W. Lester Stevens. He was accepted on scholarship to the Boston Museum School, where he studied for several years.

    He later became an influential teacher of painting at the Boston Museum, where stayed for over ten years. During the 1930s, he headed the Art Department of Hecht House and then taught at the School ...

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