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1909 Brooklyn, New York - 2007 New York City. Known for: Modernist urbanscape and genre-figure painting.
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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Keywords (39)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Israel
- •Long Island, New York
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy
- •Emily and Dines Carlsen Prize
- •Grumbacher Award
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- •Yaddo Resident Artist
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts