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Museums page for Maurice Kish ((1895 - 1987)), known for Urban landscape, genre paintings. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1895 Dvinsk, Russia - 1987 Queens, New York. Known for: Urban landscape, genre paintings.
Maurice Kish (1895-1987). Maurice Kish, painter and poet, was born in Dvinsk, Russia (also known as Denenburg while under Russian rule) which is now known as Daugavpils, Latvia. Dvinsk was one of the... Read full biography
Maurice Kish (1895-1987). Maurice Kish, painter and poet, was born in Dvinsk, Russia (also known as Denenburg while under Russian rule) which is now known as Daugavpils, Latvia. Dvinsk was one of the leading Jewish cities in Russia in the 19th century, and a center of Jewish culture and debate. It... Read full biography
Maurice Kish (1895-1987). Maurice Kish, painter and poet, was born in Dvinsk, Russia (also known as Denenburg while under Russian rule) which is now known as Daugavpils, Latvia. Dvinsk was one of the leading Jewish cities in Russia in the 19th century, and a center of Jewish culture and debate. It was also a poor city where an estimated 30% of the Jewish population applied for aid in 1898. (1). Maurice (Moishe) Kish was born February 19, 1895 (2). A census conducted 2 years earlier indicated... Read full biography
Maurice Kish (1895-1987). Maurice Kish, painter and poet, was born in Dvinsk, Russia (also known as Denenburg while under Russian rule) which is now known as Daugavpils, Latvia. Dvinsk was one of the leading Jewish cities in Russia in the 19th century, and a center of Jewish culture and debate. It was also a poor city where an estimated 30% of the Jewish population applied for aid in 1898. (1). Maurice (Moishe) Kish was born February 19, 1895 (2). A census conducted 2 years earlier indicated 330 industrial establishments owned by Jews, and 99 owned by non Jews. The dominant trades were tailoring and shoemaking. (1). "Kish… immigrated to New York in his teens. He pursued studies in art at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design,... Read full biography
Maurice Kish (1895-1987). Maurice Kish, painter and poet, was born in Dvinsk, Russia (also known as Denenburg while under Russian rule) which is now known as Daugavpils, Latvia. Dvinsk was one of the leading Jewish cities in Russia in the 19th century, and a center of Jewish culture and debate. It was also a poor city where an estimated 30% of the Jewish population applied for aid in 1898. (1). Maurice (Moishe) Kish was born February 19, 1895 (2). A census conducted 2 years earlier indicated 330 industrial establishments owned by Jews, and 99 owned by non Jews. The dominant trades were tailoring and shoemaking. (1). "Kish… immigrated to New York in his teens. He pursued studies in art at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, gaining a foundation solid enough to support himself as a painter and to place his work in exhibitions, by... Read full biography
Maurice Kish - Artist Info
About Maurice Kish: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsMuseum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10029San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052