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Bernard KassoyAntique American Modernist Abstract Cityscape Bridge View Rare WPA Oil Painting1940
1940
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£3,329.04
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CA$6,258.86
A$6,988.19
CHF 3,666.63
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NOK 46,090.03
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DKK 29,117.31
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Antique American modernist bridge landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 36 inches overall, and 20 by 28 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy. Artist Bio: Bernard Kassoy, 1914-2008
Print-Maker, Painter, Cartoonist
World War II Veteran & WPA Artist
WORK
WPA* (Works Project Administration) artist and teacher.
During World War II, Bernie served in the armed forces as a photographer and mapmaker.
High School of Music and Art faculty, serving as the chief print-making instructor and the school’s first film-making teacher.
AWARDS:
City College Alumni, Florian Kramer Memorial Award
Pastel Society of America*
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts: 6 fellowships
Honored posthumously at the 90th annual American Society of Contemporary Artists exhibition at the Broom Street Gallery, in Manhattan.
EXHIBITS
His work has been exhibited at numerous Manhattan galleries and elsewhere. Many group and solo exhibits:
Grace Gallery
Broom Street Gallery
Steinberg Gallery
Hudson River Museum
Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Westlake Gallery
Ward-Nasse Gallery
Smity-Pioneer Gallery
National Academy of Design
ACA Gallery ?National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts ?
COLLECTIONS
His photography is in the archives of the New York Public Library and the permanent collection of the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown.
His cartoons of social commentary can be found in the Theodore Kheel Collection in the Labor Archives at Cornell University.
Butler Institute of American Art
National Gallery of Art
His paintings are found in numerous private collections.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
WPA Federal Arts Project
New York Artists Equity Association* (Corresponding secretary)
International Association of Artists
Fine Arts Federation of NY (Board of Directors)
Allied Artists of America*
American Society of Contemporary Artists.
Pastel Society of America*
The Print Consortium.
LISTINGS
Who's Who in American Art
American Printmakers
EDUCATION:
City College of New York, BS, MSE ?Cooper Union, School of Art
Submitted by Meredith Kassoy, daughter of the artist
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