Harry R. Rein

Harry R. Rein, Competition, 1936-39, WPA linocut

1936-39

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Pencil signed original limited edition woodcut woodblock print great depression era. from the 1930s. Abramovitz, Albert 1879-1963 Born in Riga, Latvia, Abramovitz studied art at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and at the Grande Chaumière in Paris. In Paris, he became a member of the Salon in 1911 and in 1913 he became a member of its jury. He also became a member of the Salon d'Automne. While in Europe he received a medal at Clichy as well as the Grand Prize at the Universal Exhibition in Rome and Turin, Italy in 1911. In 1916, Abramovitz emigrated to America settling...

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