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Aaron Bohrod

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Aaron Bohrod (1907 - 1992) was active/lived in Wisconsin, Illinois.  Aaron Bohrod is known for Mod genre-landscape and trompe still life painting.

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 Known for a range of work in watercolor and gouache that included realist figures in cityscapes, landscapes, surrealism, and trompe l'oeil painting, Aaron Bohrod spent his early career in Chicago where he was born on the West Side.

In 1948, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he became a long-time a member of the art faculty and satisfied the inclinations of many artists who leaned towards European-influenced modernism.  In this university position, he replaced John Steuart Curry, Regionalist painter from Kansas, who had died.  Many artists led by Surrealist Marshall Glasier thought Curry had been provincial and limited in subject matter and style.

In the late 1920's, Bohrod studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then went to New York City to attend the Art Students League.  He returned to his hometown in 1930 and resided there until the move to Wisconsin.

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Aaron Bohrod available:    William Samuel Schwartz,  Isabel (Wolff) Bishop,  Carl Robert Holty,  John Steuart Curry,  William Gropper,  Adolf Arthur Dehn,  Arnold A Blanch,  Werner Drewes,  Robert Philipp,  Reginald Marsh,  Clarence Holbrook Carter,  Allen Tucker,  Gertrude Abercrombie,  Walter Quirt,  Philip Howard (Blashki) Evergood,  William Zorach,  Arthur Bowen Davies,  George Benjamin Luks,  Emil Bisttram,  George Biddle,  Oscar Bluemner,  Ernest Fiene,  Ivan Le Lorraine Albright,  Hayley Lever



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Aaron Bohrod


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Magazine Illustration
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectArt Association
  • Associated American Artists
  • California Watercolor Society
  • Chicago Society of Artists
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • Salons of America
Art Teacher
  • Boardman Robinson
  • John Sloan
  • Kenneth Hayes Miller
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
  • LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
  • Printmaking Specialty
  • Snowscene Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Frank Rehn Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
  • California Watercolor Society-
  • Chicago Society of Artists-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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