biografia di Irving LEHMAN (1900-1983)

Birth place: Kiev, Russia

Death place: E. Chatham, NY

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: ASL; Cooper Union, 1920-24; NAD, 1925-30.

Exhibited: WMAA; NAD; S. Indp. A.; Salons of Am.; Albany Inst. History & Art; Alabama WCS; Brooklyn Mus.; Charleston Art Gal.; AIC; SAM, 1930-46; PAFA Ann., 1948; ACA Gal., NYC; Uptown Gal., NYC; NYC WPA Art" at Parsons Sch. Des., 1977. Awards: Kellner Award, Brooklyn Soc. Artists 42nd Ann., 1959; Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists 44th Annual Distinctive Merit Award, 1961; Lafayette Nat. Bank Award, Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists 47th Annual, 1964."

Member: Am. Artists Congress; Am. Abstract Artists; Audubon Artists Am.; Am. Soc. Contemp. Artists.

Work: St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford Univ., England; Ein Harod, Israel; at. Mus. Bezalel, Israel; Vanderpoel Mem. Coll., Chicago; Mus. Art Populaire Juif, Paris.

Comments: WPA artist. Teaching: Brooklyn College Adult Educ.; New York Bd. Educ.; studio workshops. Marlor gives year of death of 1982.

Sources: WW73; WW47; articles, Am. Abstract Art (1936-66), Univ. Syracuse Lib. Mss & House & Garden Decorating Guide (fall/winter, 1968-69); New York City WPA Art, 57 (w/repros.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.