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1887 Shavil, Russia. - 1973 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait, townscape, still life.
Painter. Born in Shavli, Russia on Sept. 1, 1887. Sacks arrived in Philadelphia when he was a boy. Following studies at the PAFA under Anshutz, Chase, and Kendall, he spent several years in Europe on... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Shavli, Russia on Sept. 1, 1887. Sacks arrived in Philadelphia when he was a boy. Following studies at the PAFA under Anshutz, Chase, and Kendall, he spent several years in Europe on an art scholarship. He won considerable fame in Philadelphia as a portraitist during the Teens.... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Shavli, Russia on Sept. 1, 1887. Sacks arrived in Philadelphia when he was a boy. Following studies at the PAFA under Anshutz, Chase, and Kendall, he spent several years in Europe on an art scholarship. He won considerable fame in Philadelphia as a portraitist during the Teens. During the 1920s he lived in California, both in Altadena and San Francisco. In the latter Sacks had a studio at 1759 Broadway where he fulfilled several portrait commissions. By the 1930s he had... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Shavli, Russia on Sept. 1, 1887. Sacks arrived in Philadelphia when he was a boy. Following studies at the PAFA under Anshutz, Chase, and Kendall, he spent several years in Europe on an art scholarship. He won considerable fame in Philadelphia as a portraitist during the Teens. During the 1920s he lived in California, both in Altadena and San Francisco. In the latter Sacks had a studio at 1759 Broadway where he fulfilled several portrait commissions. By the 1930s he had returned to Philadelphia and stopped painting shortly thereafter. He died there in May 1973. Member: NA. Exh: PPIE, 1915: San Francisco Art Association, 1925; PAFA, 1932; Calif. Art Club. In: PAFA. AAA 1913-33; WWAA 1936-41; SCA; FId; SS. Nearly 20,000
Painter. Born in Shavli, Russia on Sept. 1, 1887. Sacks arrived in Philadelphia when he was a boy. Following studies at the PAFA under Anshutz, Chase, and Kendall, he spent several years in Europe on an art scholarship. He won considerable fame in Philadelphia as a portraitist during the Teens. During the 1920s he lived in California, both in Altadena and San Francisco. In the latter Sacks had a studio at 1759 Broadway where he fulfilled several portrait commissions. By the 1930s he had returned to Philadelphia and stopped painting shortly thereafter. He died there in May 1973. Member: NA. Exh: PPIE, 1915: San Francisco Art Association, 1925; PAFA, 1932; Calif. Art Club. In: PAFA. AAA 1913-33; WWAA 1936-41; SCA; FId; SS. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Chinatown in Any North American City
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Statue of Liberty
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art Teacher
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club-
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts