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1889 Gorky, Russia - 1975 Scranton, Pennsylvania. Known for: Political themed genre and figure painting, cartoons.
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City.... Read full biography
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert... Read full biography
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal... Read full biography
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in... Read full biography
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was edi... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesArt for the Masses A Radical Magazine and its Graphics 1911-1917
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Zurier, Rebecca217 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesCritical Vision/A Historyof Social and Political Art in the U S
1982Von Blum, Paul165 pagesAmerika Traum und Depression 1920-1940
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Neuen Gesellschaft Bild. Kunst544 pages (color)Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesAmerican Painters Of the Impressionist Period Rediscovered
1975Weber, Nicholas Fox104 pages (color)Art and Politics Cartoonists of the 'Masses' and 'Liberator'
1973Fitzgerald, Richard254 pagesArt and Politics
1973Fitzgerald, Richard0 pagesAmerican Painting From the Armory Show to the Depression
1970Brown, Milton W244 pagesAmerican Art of the 20's and 30's (Three Catalogues Combined)
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Modern Art Editors220 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1966
1966Editors0 pagesThe Story of the Armory Show
1963
(Exhibition catalog)Brown, Milton W320 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pagesOne Hundred Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors
1947Lozowick, Louis207 pagesModern Art in America
1939Cheney, Martha Candler190 pagesHistory of American Graphic Humor 1865-1938
1938Murrell, William267 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesPanama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915Walter, John; Pedro Lemos112 pages