Richter, Mischa (1911-2001). For some WPA artists, recognition of their talents came after the Federal Arts Project. Mischa Richter was one of these artists. He was born in 1911 in Kharkov, Ukraine.... Read full biography
Richter, Mischa (1911-2001). For some WPA artists, recognition of their talents came after the Federal Arts Project. Mischa Richter was one of these artists. He was born in 1911 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He recollected once that his “childhood house was filled with song and neighborhood streets filled... Read full biography
Richter, Mischa (1911-2001). For some WPA artists, recognition of their talents came after the Federal Arts Project. Mischa Richter was one of these artists. He was born in 1911 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He recollected once that his “childhood house was filled with song and neighborhood streets filled with magicians and acrobats.” Daily he took French and German lessons from his governess, drew at a table next to a window, and played in Gogol Park. The Bolshevik Revolution changed the family’s life.... Read full biography
Richter, Mischa (1911-2001). For some WPA artists, recognition of their talents came after the Federal Arts Project. Mischa Richter was one of these artists. He was born in 1911 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He recollected once that his “childhood house was filled with song and neighborhood streets filled with magicians and acrobats.” Daily he took French and German lessons from his governess, drew at a table next to a window, and played in Gogol Park. The Bolshevik Revolution changed the family’s life. Richter’s uncle was killed shortly after joining the Red Army. His father was appointed Commissar of the Waterworks of Kharkov but knew that the family would have to flee the country after Stalin came to power. Family in the Boston area implored... Read full biography
Richter, Mischa (1911-2001). For some WPA artists, recognition of their talents came after the Federal Arts Project. Mischa Richter was one of these artists. He was born in 1911 in Kharkov, Ukraine. He recollected once that his “childhood house was filled with song and neighborhood streets filled with magicians and acrobats.” Daily he took French and German lessons from his governess, drew at a table next to a window, and played in Gogol Park. The Bolshevik Revolution changed the family’s life. Richter’s uncle was killed shortly after joining the Red Army. His father was appointed Commissar of the Waterworks of Kharkov but knew that the family would have to flee the country after Stalin came to power. Family in the Boston area implored them to immigrate. During this tense time Richter took art lessons from a tutor. In 1922 t... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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 Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995
1995
Lorenz, Lee
200 pages (color)
Artists Against War and Fascism Papers/First American Artists' Congress
1986
Baigell, Mathew/Julia Williams
310 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The New Yorker Album of Drawings, 1925-1975
1975
Peppe, Carmine (Layout)
200 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index