Alexander Raymond Katz drawing

Description: Alexander Raymond Katz (Hungarian/American, 1895–1974)untitled brush drawing, gouache highlights, signed and dated (illegibly, looks to be in the 1930s) l.r. visible image measures approximately: 10 7/8" W x 6 5/8" Hsheet measures approximately: 13" W x 10 1/8" Hmat measures approximately: 17 1/16" W x 12 34" H Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing (if paying by check or cash, processing fee will be refunded) and carrier fees. If local pickup is selected and if applicable, payment processing fee will still be assessed and due. About Alexander Raymond Katz Raymond Katz was a WPA muralist, illustrator and modernist painter especially known for paintings with Jewish themes and narrative American scene works. He had a career primarily in Chicago. Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930. During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States. mbr3.2

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

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