EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Painting in the United States (Invitational)
Annual exhibition of selected American Artists
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
Carnegie International (Invitational)
Exhibition of selected American and International artists
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1950. 2nd Popular Prize
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (Juried)
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Exhibited annually from 1941-1959 and in later years.
1941. First Prize. Purchase award (One Hundred Friends of Art.)
1945. Second Prize
1957. Popular Prize
1958. Martin Leisser School of Design Prize
1959. Honorable Mention
1976. Purchase Award (One Hundred Friends of Art )
Participation in Invitational Exhibits
The Society for Contemporary American Art .
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois 1948
13th Annual New-Year Show 1948
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
15th Annual New-Year Show 1950
Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio
Honorable Mention
Young American Artists:
Life Magazine - Fifty Most Promising Painters in the United States.
Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, New York 1950
Pittsburgh Playhouse Exhibition (Invitational) 1952
Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, PA
First Prize
The Ludgin Collection of Contemporary Art 1954
Corcoran Gallery of Art , Washington, D.C.
Ten American Collectors
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ludgin 1955
Other Invitational Shows
26th Annual Art Exhibition-Latrobe Public Schools 1951
Purchase Award, One Hundred Friends of Art
Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana 1954, 1955
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1964
Three Rivers Arts Festival
Outdoor Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA 1968
Variations on a City First Prize (Purchase Award)
One Man Show
Ivy School of Professional Art , Pittsburgh, PA 1968
University of Pittsburgh Solo Exhibition (Invitational)
UP Gallery, Pittsburgh PA 1981
70+ and Working (Invitational)
Exhibition of Pittsburgh Artists over 70 years old
Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA 1991
COMMISSIONS:
ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America) 1958
Pittsburgh, PA
Mixed Media - aluminum and egg tempera, on aluminum.
TEACHING:
Ivy School of Professional Art
Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Director 1961-1972
Teacher of Drawing and Painting 1961-1980
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Teacher of Drawing and Painting 1965-1993
Irene Kaufman Center (YM&WHA) 1956-1960
LECTURER AND ART JUROR:
Lectured and judged many art exhibits in the Pittsburgh area including Butler, Kittanning Art Association, Vandergrift, and New Kensington Art shows.
EDUCATION:
Certificate, Carnegie Institute of Technology 1941
Department of Painting and Design
Studied with Samuel Rosenberg and Robert Gwathmey
BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTINGS:
Habarta, Gerhard. Lexikon der Phantastischen Kunstler.
The International Encyclopedia of Fantastic, Surrealistic, Symbolist and Visionary Artists. German Edition. 2009. (pages 435,439)
Lorant , Stefan . Pittsburgh (1964)
(Painting, Back of Isaly's, used as depiction of Pittsburgh). Doubleday Press.
Who was who in American Art.
Who was who in American Jewry.
