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Fred Sergenian

Fred Sergenian (1901 - 1969) was active/lived in United States, Russian Federation.  Fred Sergenian is known for Abstraction, landscape and portraits painting, advertising art, social realism.

Fred Sergenian, Russian born, American-1901-1969

Fred Sergenian was born in Yalta, Russia in 1901. As a young child he and his family immigrated to the United States where he was raised in New York City and attended public schools. He began his art studies at The Art Students League, studying with George Luks, and at the National Academy of Design. For a short time, he was a student of Howard Giles, an exponent of dynamic symmetry.

In the 1920's he pursued his studies further in Paris, Florence, and Rome, torn, as he said, "between the modern and the Old Masters."

Working as a freelance artist until 1934, he then joined Young & Rubicam, the advertising agency, where he served as vice president and head of the Art Department for twelve years. He retired in 1959 to devote himself full time to painting.

He was a next door neighbor and mentor to Brice Marden when Brice began his art studies in the late fifties. Throughout Marden's childhood, Sergenia   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2701 characters.]  Artist bio

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