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David Aronson

David Aronson (1923 - 2015) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New York.  David Aronson is known for Allegorical expressionist painting, charcoal drawings, sculpture.

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Following is The New York Times obituary.

"David Aronson, Expressionist Artist, Dies at 91"

By Sam Roberts, July 14, 2015.

David Aronson, an Expressionist artist whose vivid paintings, charcoal drawings and sculptures captured the tension between his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the biblical injunction against making graven images, died on July 2 in Natick, Mass. He was 91.

The cause was chronic heart failure and pneumonia, his daughter, Judy Webb, said.

Mr. Aronson’s work animated Old and New Testament allegories to convey universal human emotions — defying the deference of his father, a rabbi, to the Second Commandment. A leader, with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine, of the so-called Boston Expressionist movement, Mr. Aronson was influential as both a painter and a professor.

He founded what became the College of Fine Arts at Boston University in 1955, was appointed a tenured professor in 1962 and taught there until his retirement   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7603 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for David Aronson available:    Jason Berger,  Hyman Bloom,  J Ambrose Pritchard,  Arthur Polonsky,  Bernard Chaet,  Laura Coombs Hills,  John Appleton Brown,  Mae Brown,  Emma Alice (Nordell) Parker,  Clement Drew,  Gabor Peterdi,  Frederick Mortimer Lamb,  Conger A Metcalf,  Wei Letang,  Ernest Tino Trova,  Larry Rivers,  Charles Heil,  Sally Michel,  Anton Refregier,  Joseph Solman,  George Hawley Hallowell,  Roy Brown,  Jack Levine,  Emil Fuchs



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Keywords and Quick Facts for David Aronson


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectArt Association
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
  • Karl Zerbe
Art School
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
  • Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Jewish
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Smithsonian Institution/Museums
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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