Joseph Hirsch Art
American, 1910-1981
Joseph Hirsch was a member of the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters and a well-known realistic artist who came to national attention as a muralist for the Federal Works Progress Administration in the 1930's.
Of his own work, Mr. Hirsch wrote: ''I believe that some day the fabric of art will be threaded with morality, enabling us to distinguish evil from good. Today, this is unthinkable, in the delightful art world where, excepting censorship, anything goes. But anything goes does not accord with the more discriminating ethics of our civilized code which rules out what is socially destructive.''
Mr. Hirsch is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney in New York; the National Gallery, the Corcoran and the Hirshhorn in Washington; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and in many major collections in the United States.
Joseph Hirsch was born on April 25, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hirsch studied at the Philadelphia Museum School, with Henry Hensche in Provincetown, Mass., and with George Luks in New York. In addition to formal study,
He participated in the Works Project Administration in the easel painting division, with occasional work in the mural division, where he painted murals in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Building and the Municipal Court. During World War II, Joseph Hirsch took part in the war effort, as an artist war correspondent, recording significant battles and events.
He taught at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Art School, University of Utah, and had a significant tenure at the Art Students League in New York. He also won many awards, among them were a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, the Walter Lippincott Prize, First Prize at the New York World's Fair (1939), the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1942, 1943), and the Fulbright Fellowship (1949). In 1954 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1958
Early in his career, Hirsch was introduced to the movement of Social Realism through George Luks, who was one of "The Eight". This group of painters, at the beginning of the century, chose to depict ordinary and everyday scenes. From this movement stemmed the Social Realism genre of the 1920s and 1930s. Social commentary was the backbone for the majority of Joseph Hirsch's paintings.
During World War II, Mr. Hirsch went to the South Pacific, North Africa and Italy as an artist-correspondent for the Navy, and his paintings and drawings are in the Museum of Military History. . In Major Collections. Hirsch's work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney in New York; the National Gallery, the Corcoran and the Hirshhorn in Washington; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and other collections in the USA. He was elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1967. Hirsch died in New York, NY on September 21, 1981.(Biography provided by Stone and Press Gallery)
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The Law
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Raleigh, NC
The Law, lithograph by Joseph Hirsch published by Associated American Artists in 1948 with the Certificate of Authenticity
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original lithograph
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Henderson, NV
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September Morn
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Three women strolling on a beach. This impression is one of the rare impressions printed monochromatically. Hirsch natural inclination was to print in lack and white but reprinted ...
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Blue Collar Gritty Truck Driver with Tiger - Color field meets Social Realism
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Joseph Hirsch Original Lithograph, Pencil Signed, 1961, "Coffee"
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910-1981) original lithograph, pencil signed.
Title: Coffee. Edition size: 250. Catalog raisonne reference: Cole 38.
Image size: 13"H x 10"W.
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The Crucifixion, Realist Lithograph by Joseph Hirsch
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joseph Hirsch, American (1901 - 1981)
Title: The Crucifixion
Year: circa 1979
Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 100
Si...
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1960s American Realist Joseph Hirsch Art
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UNTITLED (WOMAN WITH HANDS ACROSS BREASTS)
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Portland, ME
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Joseph Hirsch, (Cutting the Beard)
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
A man with lots of whiskers is trimming his facial hair while looking in a mirror. The male figure and his beard are carefully drawn but Hirsch has cleverly just briefly sketched in ...
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Joseph Hirsch, Beard
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Hirsch had such empathy for his subjects! But he was also an amazingly skilled lithographer who could get extremely delicate details out of the stone. Signed and numbered in p...
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MOTO
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph. MOTO. Cole 20. Lithograph, 1950. 18 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches; 470 x 413 mm. Edition of 75, signed in pencil. Printed on Arches paper by Gaston Dorfinant, Paris. A fine imp...
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1950s Joseph Hirsch Art
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Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws )
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
A nude woman squats on her haunches as she draws an image on a sheet of paper. Joseph Hirsch created this lithograph in 1963 in an edition of 50. It was printed by Lucien Dutruit i...
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Joseph Hirsch "September Morn" Rare Variant Signed / Numbered, circa 1960s
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in San Francisco, CA
Joseph Hirsch (1910-1981) "September Morn" rare variant signed / numbered, circa 1960s
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"Man with Scales, " Original Black & White Lithograph signed by Joseph Hirsch
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man with Scales" is an original lithograph by Joseph Hirsch. The artist signed the piece in pencil lower left. This piece depicts a man in a black robe examining the balance of the ...
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Artist's Hand, Realist Lithograph by Joseph Hirsch
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joseph Hirsch, American (1901 - 1981)
Title: Artist's Hand (Cole 51)
Year: 1966
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 30/200
Image Size: 19 x 15 inches
F...
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MODEL AND EASEL
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph. MODEL AND EASEL. Lithograph, 1952. Cole 25.
21 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Edition of 50 on Arches paper, printed by Gaston Dorfinant, Paris, using two inks.
Signed in pencil...
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STUDENT
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph (American, 1910-1980). STUDENT. Charcoal drawing on paper, not dated, but before 1980. Signed lower left, "J Hirsch." 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (framed to 25 x 19 inches)...
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RUNNING WOMEN.
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph. RUNNING WOMEN. Lithograph 1973. Not in Cole. 16 x 29 1/2 in. An Artist's Proof aside from the edition of 95, signed in pencil, inscribed ...
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Joseph Hirsch Art
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