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Benjamin Abramowitz : ウィキペディア英語版
Benjamin Abramowitz

Benjamin Abramowitz (also known as "Ben Hoffman" during the late 1930s and early 1940s) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor. First recognized for his remarkable contribution at age 19 as senior artist with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York City, he is among the most respected Washington DC artists of the past century.
==Life and career==
Abramowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York in
1917 to Russian immigrants. As a young child he craved the artistry of signs,
posters and illustrations, and was enraptured by the art in museums. Walking
hours to study life drawing at the Brooklyn Museum School, at 16 the Brooklyn
Museum honored him with his first solo exhibition. He attended the National Academy of Design, absorbing the models of the avant-garde and social-realists,
studying the masters. In 1936 he joined the Work Projects Administration
(W.P.A.) using the name of Ben Hoffman and moved through the ranks, as teacher,
mural assistant, senior printmaker and painter. He was 19 years old. The
Metropolitan Museum
in New York holds eleven lithographs from the young artist.
In 1941, with the world at war, Abramowitz moved
to Washington, DC taking on U.S. government graphic assignments. He chose to
make Greenbelt his base for both home and studio for more than half a century. The postwar years were a time of
critical personal and artistic evolution for him. Two young children
complicated his daily struggle for time and energy. By day a lithographer, each
and every night driven by discipline, he drew and painted.
By the time he was in his early 30’s, Abramowitz
had become a celebrated star in the growing Washington, DC-Baltimore regional
art scene. From the 1940s on, critics, curators and collectors
enthusiastically sought out his work. His work began to be purchased for major
regional collections among them, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Phillips
Collection
. The Corcoran Gallery of Art selected his work annually for its
biennial exhibitions.
By the mid-20th century, Abramowitz, was
recognized not only as a painter, but also as a teacher and “art coach”
throughout the Washington metropolitan area. The Ford Foundation singled him
out and sent him throughout the country, lecturing, conducting seminars and
critiques as artist-in-residence. All the while, he kept journals and
maintained an active correspondence with critics, curators and students.
By the 1970s, he moved beyond the canvas, and
turned to making elegant and iconic wall works and freestanding sculptures,
some black, some white, filling book after book with ideas for more. He
designed four books illustrating the basic principles of the creative
experience.
Until his mid-80’s, when diminishing vision
essentially prevented him from continuing to work, he created steadily and with
the same discipline and vigor that marked his earlier years. By 2008, his early
work in the WPA became increasingly valuable and recognized, and is currently
featured in a touring exhibition.
Abramowitz’ distinguished lifework has been
cited in numerous prestigious biographical volumes. The National Archives of
American Art holds hundreds of papers, letters and other materials.

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