biografia di Beys (E. Bernstein) AFROYIM (1893-?)
Birth place: Ryki, Poland
Addresses: NYC
Profession: Painter, sculptor, educator
Studied: AIC; NAD; and with Boris Anisfeld.
Exhibited: Educ. Alliance Art School, 1920; Jewish Inst., NY, 1922 (solo); Soc. Independent Artists, 1922; Salons of Am.; Audigier Gal., 1928; NYC WPA Art Exhib., Parsons School Design, 1977.
Member: Art League Am.
Work: Nat. Mus., Warsaw, Poland; Moscow Mus. Art; U.S. public bldgs. WPA artist.
Comments: Painted portraits of famous persons, as well as mystical subjects. He built a studio in Israel in 1950, where he experimented to create Visual Music" with color on canvas. He also worked on a series of paintings of pre-historic species. Position: dir./t., Afroyim Experimental Art Sch., 1927-46.
Sources: WW53; WW47; New York City WPA Art, 2 (w/repros.); Marlor, Salons of Am. "