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1923 Shilova, Lithuania - 2015 Natick, Massachusetts. Known for: Allegorical expressionist painting, charcoal drawings, sculpture.
Following is The New York Times obituary. "David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91". By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015. David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary. "David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91". By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015. David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal drawings and sculptures captured the tension between his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the biblical... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary. "David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91". By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015. David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal drawings and sculptures captured the tension between his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the biblical injunction against making graven images, died on July 2 in Natick, Mass. He was 91. The cause was chronic heart failure and pneumonia, his daughter, Judy Webb, said. Mr. Aronson’s work animated Old and... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary. "David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91". By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015. David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal drawings and sculptures captured the tension between his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the biblical injunction against making graven images, died on July 2 in Natick, Mass. He was 91. The cause was chronic heart failure and pneumonia, his daughter, Judy Webb, said. Mr. Aronson’s work animated Old and New Testament allegories to convey universal human emotions — defying the deference of his father, a rabbi, to the Second Commandment. A leader, with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine, of the so-called Boston Expressionist movement, Mr. Aronson was... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary. "David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91". By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015. David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal drawings and sculptures captured the tension between his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the biblical injunction against making graven images, died on July 2 in Natick, Mass. He was 91. The cause was chronic heart failure and pneumonia, his daughter, Judy Webb, said. Mr. Aronson’s work animated Old and New Testament allegories to convey universal human emotions — defying the deference of his father, a rabbi, to the Second Commandment. A leader, with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine, of the so-called Boston Expressionist movement, Mr. Aronson was influential as both a painter and a professor. He founded what became the College of Fine Arts at Boston... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Karl Zerbe
Art School
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Jewish
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Smithsonian Institution/Museums
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts