Paintings by Frank Horowitz, October 2-31, 1932
Scope and Contents
38 paintings by post-impressionist Russian-born American artist Frank Horowitz. Included were interpretation of Jewish people living in ghettos and scenes of his native Russia.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist biography, a price list, correspondence with the artist, and planning correspondence. Installation photographs are in the photograph collection.
Dates
- Creation: October 2-31, 1932
Creator
- Horowitz, Frank, born 1889 (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The price list must be redacted before viewing.
Biographical / Historical
Frank Horowitz was born in Odessa, Russia in 1889. At the age of twelve, he apprenticed with a painter for two years. In 1905, he came to the United States and in 1912 became a naturalized citizen. From 1916 to 1917, he held a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and he returned to schooling there again from 1926 to 1927. In 1927, he exhibited his paintings at the Academy.
In 1928 Horowitz painted a series of portraits of prominent Jewish writers and poets in New York City. Later that same year, he held a successful solo exhibition that resulted in an assignment from James Rosenberg, the President of the Joint Distribution Committee, to go to Russia to paint a series of portraits of Jewish pioneers in Russia. Within three months, he completed forty paintings and fifty sketches in crayon and watercolor. He subsequently exhibited these works in Moscow.
Upon returning to the United States, Horowitz exhibited in Philadelphia, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chicago, Baltimore, and all over New York City. This 1932 was his first in San Francisco.
Little is known about his later life.
Source: Artist biography. Paintings by Frank Horowitz, October 2-31, 1932 Legion of Honor Exhibition Records, LH-ER. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span four folders plus installation photographs.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
38 paintings by post-impressionist Russian-born American artist Frank Horowitz. The exhibition records span four folders plus installation photographs.
Arrangement
The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.
Separated Materials
Clipping San Francisco Chornicle October 2, 1932 p. 31.
Cultural context
Geographic
Style / Period
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
San Francisco California 94118 USA