Herman Rose was born Herman Rappaport in Brooklyn, New York on November 5, 1909. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 through 1929. From 1934 to 1939 he worked as an assistant to... Read full biography
Herman Rose was born Herman Rappaport in Brooklyn, New York on November 5, 1909. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 through 1929. From 1934 to 1939 he worked as an assistant to Arshile Gorky in the Works Progress Andministration's Mural Division. It took Rose 10 years to arrive... Read full biography
Herman Rose was born Herman Rappaport in Brooklyn, New York on November 5, 1909. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 through 1929. From 1934 to 1939 he worked as an assistant to Arshile Gorky in the Works Progress Andministration's Mural Division. It took Rose 10 years to arrive at his true destiny as a painter. After passing through several 20th century styles, in 1939 he reached a pivotal decision: from this moment on he would paint exactly what he saw without regard to... Read full biography
Herman Rose was born Herman Rappaport in Brooklyn, New York on November 5, 1909. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 through 1929. From 1934 to 1939 he worked as an assistant to Arshile Gorky in the Works Progress Andministration's Mural Division. It took Rose 10 years to arrive at his true destiny as a painter. After passing through several 20th century styles, in 1939 he reached a pivotal decision: from this moment on he would paint exactly what he saw without regard to style or composition. His paintings were all quite small and his technique was entirely original. He began using the name Rose when he had his first solo exhibition in 1946. Rose had 20 more solo exhibitions over the following 40 years. In 1952 he was... Read full biography
Herman Rose was born Herman Rappaport in Brooklyn, New York on November 5, 1909. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 through 1929. From 1934 to 1939 he worked as an assistant to Arshile Gorky in the Works Progress Andministration's Mural Division. It took Rose 10 years to arrive at his true destiny as a painter. After passing through several 20th century styles, in 1939 he reached a pivotal decision: from this moment on he would paint exactly what he saw without regard to style or composition. His paintings were all quite small and his technique was entirely original. He began using the name Rose when he had his first solo exhibition in 1946. Rose had 20 more solo exhibitions over the following 40 years. In 1952 he was included in "15 Americans" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, along with Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Ma... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (24)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Long Island Landscape Painting Vol ll, The Twentieth Century (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Pisano, Ronald G
168 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Art of New York
1983
Chwast, Seymour/S Heller
190 pages
Realism and Realities The Other Side of American Painting 1940-1960 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Berman, Greta/Jeffrey Wechsler
195 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc)
1970
Myers, Bernard S (editor)
511 pages (color)
Fifty Contemporary American Artis (Exhibition catalog)
1957
Chanin, A L/Greenwich Gallery
112 pages
Modern Art in the United States Selection from MOMA New York (Exhibition catalog)
1956
Tate Gallery
72 pages
El Arte Moderno en Los Estados Unidos (Barcelona exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1955
Museum of Modern Art
80 pages
Encyclopedia of Painting
1955
Myers, Bernard
511 pages (color)
15 Americans (Exhibition catalog)
1952
Miller, Dorothy (editor)
47 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index