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Abraham Harriton

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Abraham Harriton (1893 - 1986) was active/lived in New York.  Abraham Harriton is known for Landscape, genre, figure, marine.

Long-lived painter Abraham Harriton (1893-1986) was born in Bucharest, Romania. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City from 1908 to 1915 under noted artists Kenyon Cox, Emil Carlsen and George DeForest Brush. He won many awards as a student at the Academy, and became a teacher himself.

Harriton was a modernist and Social Realist who worked with the WPA in New York during the 1930's. But his work went through many phases, including influence by Albert Pinkham Ryder, and a Classicism in landscapes, portraits, figure compositions, marine paintings and allegories.

Harriton wrote a book on Renaissance masters' techniques in under-painting and glazing. His own work, though modern, reflected his traditional concerns.

Harriton received the Marjorie Peabody Waite Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

He exhibited in major exhibitions, including the Panama-Pacific Worlds Fair, the National Academy of Design, the Whitney Museum of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1609 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Abraham Harriton


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • New York City
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Long Island, New York
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
  • Audubon Society of Artists-
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
  • Emil Carlsen
  • George De Forest Brush
  • Kenyon Cox
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Figure Specialty
  • Genre Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • Audubon Society of Artists
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • National Institute of Arts and Letters
  • Salons of America-
  • Silvermine Artists Guild
  • Society of Independent Artists--
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
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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