A sculptor and painter of works annotating his personal history as a Jewish boy in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Chaim Goldberg worked from a studio in Boca Ratan, Florida. His work is perhaps the most... Read full biography
A sculptor and painter of works annotating his personal history as a Jewish boy in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Chaim Goldberg worked from a studio in Boca Ratan, Florida. His work is perhaps the most extensive record in art form of the Jewish people in Poland. His father was a cobbler, and young Chaim... Read full biography
A sculptor and painter of works annotating his personal history as a Jewish boy in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Chaim Goldberg worked from a studio in Boca Ratan, Florida. His work is perhaps the most extensive record in art form of the Jewish people in Poland. His father was a cobbler, and young Chaim at age seven began making paintings and drawings of village characters from cobbler's paste. His father showed them to Marc Chagall in Paris, and Chagall bought 52 paintings and invited the young... Read full biography
A sculptor and painter of works annotating his personal history as a Jewish boy in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Chaim Goldberg worked from a studio in Boca Ratan, Florida. His work is perhaps the most extensive record in art form of the Jewish people in Poland. His father was a cobbler, and young Chaim at age seven began making paintings and drawings of village characters from cobbler's paste. His father showed them to Marc Chagall in Paris, and Chagall bought 52 paintings and invited the young artist to his studio. Today, the similarities in style between Chagall and Goldberg are obvious. With his artwork, Goldberg with bright, cheerful colors has told the story of Jewish life in a period seldom remembered--the joy of life in the shtetl and... Read full biography
A sculptor and painter of works annotating his personal history as a Jewish boy in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Chaim Goldberg worked from a studio in Boca Ratan, Florida. His work is perhaps the most extensive record in art form of the Jewish people in Poland. His father was a cobbler, and young Chaim at age seven began making paintings and drawings of village characters from cobbler's paste. His father showed them to Marc Chagall in Paris, and Chagall bought 52 paintings and invited the young artist to his studio. Today, the similarities in style between Chagall and Goldberg are obvious. With his artwork, Goldberg with bright, cheerful colors has told the story of Jewish life in a period seldom remembered--the joy of life in the shtetl and the contentment of people living simply. In more somber tones and elongated figures, he recalls the Holocaust and other... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (2)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes