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Boris Deutsch Art

American, 1892-1978
Boris Deutsch (1892-1978) was a 20th century modernist figurative painter and printmaker. He was born in Krasnagorka, Lithuania on June 4, 1892. Deutsch began drawing at age five and remained a self-taught artist, except for brief intervals at the Bloom Academy of Art in Riga, Latvia and the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Berlin. He moved to Seattle, WA in 1916 and then to Los Angeles in 2019. He began his career as a commercial art and set designer for movies. In the late 1930's he was recruited to paint murals for the New Deal, WPA, receiving numerous mural commissions to paint murals for the treasury department and several post office buildings. In 1941 he won the large competition to decorate the Terminal Annex Post Office in Los Angeles with eleven large murals. During the last decade of his life he experimented with monotypes and other printmaking techniques. Deutsch died in Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 1978. Boris Deutsch's art has been the focus of many exhibitions, including: The University of California, Los Angeles in 1926, The Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco in 1930, Oakland Art Gallery in 1937, The University of Southern California (USC) in 1939, The Whitney Museum in New York in 1946 and a centennial exhibition by the Judah l. Magnes Museum in Berkeley California in 1992. In 1955, Marc Chagall called him the greatest Jewish artist of our time. Deutch's works are held by several institutions and museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Scribal Museum, the Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, California, and the Pomona College Museum of Art.
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Artist: Boris Deutsch
Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch
Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Portrait of a Rabbi
Portrait of a Rabbi

Portrait of a Rabbi

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor

Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica
Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica

Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Image size is 11.60" by 9" Boris Deutsch (Lithuanian-American Modernist) was born in Krasnogorsk Lithuania june 4 1892 died in Los Angeles 1978. Entered the polytechnic school in rig...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s

By Boris Deutsch

Located in New York, NY

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the WPA mural project, Deutsch was born in Lithuania and died in Los Angeles. Works of Boris Deutsch are housed in Carnegie Institute, National Museum of American Art, Los-Angeles County Museum of Art, Scribal Museum, Pomona College...

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1930s American Realist Boris Deutsch Art

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Canvas, Oil

A Soulful Modernist Portrait
A Soulful Modernist Portrait

A Soulful Modernist Portrait

By Boris Deutsch

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...

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1950s American Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Masonite, Oil

'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood

'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, CWS, Hollywood Signed, lower right, 'Boris Deutsch' (Lithuanian-American, 1892-1978) and dated 1926. Deutsch bega...

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1920s Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Jewish Family
Jewish Family

Jewish Family

By Boris Deutsch

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Jewish Family" 1968 is an acrylic and ink on wove paper by noted Lithuanian artist Boris Deutsch, 1892-1978. It is hand signed and dated at the lower left corner by the...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Boris Deutsch Art

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Ink, Acrylic

Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch
Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch
Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

Lithuanian Artist Colored Lithograph Mother And Son - Boris Deutsch

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching
Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching

Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching

By Boris Deutsch

Located in Surfside, FL

Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

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20th Century Modern Boris Deutsch Art

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Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching

Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching

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Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica

Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica

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