Chaim GROSS (1904 - 1991), Woman in an armchair
drawing, paper
15 x 14 cm
Signature p.d.: Chaim Gross
Chaim Gross (1904 - 1991) began his art studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna shortly before emigrating to the U.S., which happened in 1921. He continued his education at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York, where he studied sculpture under Elie Nadelman, and in 1927 at the New York Art Students League under Robert Laurent. He divided his artistic interests between printmaking and sculpture. He presented his first solo exhibition at The Gallery 144 in New York in 1932, and in the 1930s produced a number of sculptural works in national edifices. In 1949 he took part in a wide-ranging review of sculpture called 3rd Sculpture International at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was a long-time professor of printmaking and sculpture at New York universities: Educational Alliance (1927-1989) and New School for Social Research. He was a member of art associations: Artists Equity, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Sculptors Guild of America (of which he was president). His works are displayed in leading public and private collections in the US.