biografia di Samuel ROSENBERG (1896-1972)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Death place: Pittsburgh, PA

Addresses: Pittsburgh, PA

Profession: Portrait painter, painter, educator

Studied: NAD; CI (B.A.); Collens; Sparks; Volk.

Exhibited: Assoc. A. Pittsburgh, prizes in 1917, 1920-21, 1930, 1936, 1945, 1948; PAFA Ann., 1922, 1933-35, 1944-51; Pittsburgh SA, 1928 (prize)-29 (prize); WFNY, 1939; GGE, 1939; Butler AI, 1939 (prize), 1943 (prize), 1947 (prize); Carnegie Inst. (14 Internationals, 1920-64, and 8 American, 1940-49, with prizes in 1945 and 1954); WMAA, 1934-48; John Herron AI; Univ. Illinois; AIC; Walker A. Center; Milwaukee AI; AGAA; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1932, 1947; Dayton AI; MoMA; LACMA; NAD; Univ. Nebraska; Nelson Gal. A., Kansas City; Riverside Mus., NY; Rochester Mem. A. Gal; Minneapolis Inst. A.; CAM; TMA; Springfield Mus. FA; VMFA; Columbia (SC) Mus. A.; solo: Bucknell Univ.; Univ. Tennessee; Butler AI; Cheltenham A. Center; BMFA Sch.; Pittsburgh Playhouse; Jewish Community Center, Cleveland; Indiana (Pa.) State T. Col., 1946 (prize); Pittsburgh A. & Crafts Center; Greensburg A. Cl., 1940; Assoc. Am. A., 1944, 1947; BMA, 1959; Westmoreland County Mus. A., 1960; Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio, 1962; Pittsburgh Plan for Art, 1963; House Office Bldg., in office of Congressman Moorehead, 1963; Weirton Community Center, 1957; Hewlett Gal., Carnegie Inst., 1958, 1965. Other awards: Pepsi-Cola, 1947-48; Grensfelder Prize, 1953, 1955; Man of the Year in Art," Pittsburgh Jr. Chamber Commerce and A. & Crafts Center, 1950; prize and silver med., Ligonier Valley A. Lg."

Member: Assoc. A. Pittsburgh; Abstract Group; CAA; AAUP; A. Comm. City of Pittsburgh.

Work: CI; Univ. Pittsburgh; Encyclopaedia Britannica; Butler AI; Somerset County Sch.; Pittsburgh Bd. Edu.; Slippery Rock (Pa.) State T. Col.; Pa. State Univ.; Pub. Sch., Court House, Chamber of Commerce, Pa. Col. for Women, all in Pittsburgh; Indiana State T. Col.; Wash. County Mus. FA; BMA; Westmoreland County Mus. A., Pa.

Comments: He began his art career as a portrait painter, turning to views of the inner city and later experimenting with abstract expressionism. His scenes of the Depression era show a sense of social awareness and social criticism, which is continued in his works during the war years. Position: chairm., art dept., Pa. Col. for Women, Pittsburgh, 1937-45; prof., Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, 1944-64.

Sources: WW66; WW40; Chew, ed., Southwestern Pennsylvania Painters, 109, 112-114; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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