Max Ginsburg Art

Oil on canvas painting by the New York artist, Max Ginsburg. Signed lower left. Audubon Artists Annual / National Academy Galleries, New York Exhibition label and Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY label affixed to stretcher verso. Max Ginsberg (American, b. 1931). From a New Canaan, CT collection. - Dimensions: 18" high x 24" wide. Max Ginsburg received his BFA from Syracuse University and his MFA from City College of New York. Since then, his true to life New York City sidewalk scenes have received numerous awards including, Christopher Award, Pauline Law Award, The Edith Lehman Prize, and honorable mentions from both Audubon and Salamagundi. Ginsburg Is an active member of the Allied Artists and the Society of Illustrators and his work has been commissioned by New York Times Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Harper Collins Publications, Dial Books/Penguin Publications and many others. His paintings also hang in many prominent collections, such as New Britain Museum of American Art CT, Martin Luther King Labor Center, H. J. Heinz Company and those of Jules Bernstein, Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bronfman, Harvey Fierstein, and David Brenner. Artist’s Statement: “I have lived and worked in New York all my life. As a New Yorker, I feel a personal and deep connection to this rich, energetic and beautiful city with its amazingly diverse population. My objective is to paint about the people of New York, realistically and with compassion. I have expressed my strongly held feelings about peace and justice; deep outrage to war, injustice and torture are conveyed in some of my paintings. With regard to these themes, I have been inspired by Old Masters such as Caravaggio, Goya, Kollwitz and Picasso. I choose to paint realistically because I believe realism is truth and truth is beauty. I derive an aesthetic pleasure in skillfully done realistic drawings and paintings. I believe that realism can communicate ideas strongly and it is this communication that is extremely important to me.” – Max Ginsburg Born: Paris, France, 1931 Education: High School of Music and Art, New York, NY (1945-1949) Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, BFA (1949-1953) City College of New York, New York, NY, MA (1960-1963) Studied informally with Abraham Ginsburg over many years Teaching: High School of Art and Design, New York, NY (1960 -1982) School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (1984 -2000) Art Students League, New York, NY (1997-2000; 2008-2011) Workshops: Art Students League, New York, NY Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Los Angeles, CA Atelier de Bresoles, Montreal, Canada Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY Academy of Fine Arts, Laval, QC, Canada Painting Demonstrations: Allied Artists of America, New York, NY Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Los Angeles, CA Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Society of Illustrators, New York, NY Laguna College of Art, Laguna, CA Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY Solo Exhibitions: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2011 (Retrospective) Salmagundi Club, New York, NY 2011 (Retrospective) International Peace Museum – Missing Art Space, Dayton, OH 2009 Martin Luther King Labor Center Gallery,1199 SEIU, New York, NY 2008 Franklin Mint, Exton, PA 1993 Reyn Gallery, New York, NY 1980 Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 1980, 1978, 1977, 1975, 1974,1972, 1971, 1969, 1968, 1966 Gallery 306, Bala Cynwood, PA 1979 Martin Luther King Labor Center, Local 1199, New York, NY 1977, 1972 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1953 Selected Awards: “Best in Show” Award – Art Renewal Center Salon, 2011 Joseph Hartley Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club non-members Juried Exhibition, 2010 Philip Desind Award, 72nd National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, 2008 Forbes Magazine Award, Salmagundi Club non-members Juried Exhibition, 2008 Collectors Prize, 71st National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, 2007 Best in Show Award, Salmagundi Club non-members Juried Exhibition, 2007 Elias and Lillian Judith Newman Award, Audubon Artists, 2007 The Len G. Everett Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, 2006> Silver Medal, Audubon Artists, 2006 Chairman’s Award, Art Renewal Center, 2005 Purchase Prize, Art Renewal Center, 2005 The Ethel Gilmore – Charles J. Romans Memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, 2005 Silver Medal, Allied Artists of America, 2004 Art Emis Award, Romance Writers of America, 2004 The Christophers Award, The Christophers, 1991 Merit Award, The Art Directors’ Club, 1987 Gold Medal, The Society of Illustrators, 1984 Teacher Recognition Award, Board of Education of New York City, 1979 Salmagundi Club Award, Allied Artists of America, 1978 Jane Peterson Award, Allied Artists of America, 1974 Jane Peterson Award, Allied Artists of America, 1964 Pauline Law Award, National Arts Club, 1963 Edith Lehman Award, Allied Artists of America, 1962 Gloria Layton Prize, Allied Artists of America, 1961 Group Exhibitions – Invitational and Juried, Museums and Galleries: Allied Artists of America, NY Allied Artists of America Traveling Show: Huntsville Museum of Art, AL Wayne Stark Gallery, TX Museum of Texas Tech University, TX Bergstrom Mahler Museum, WI Dauville Museum of Fine Art and History, VA Krasl Art Center, MI American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NY America China Oil Painting Artists League (ACOPAL) at the National Art Club, 2011 Art Cries Out (online) Art Students League, NY Art Renewal Center (Online) Audubon Artists, NY Bronfman Center, NYU, NY The Butler Institute of American Art, Midyear Exhibitions, OH Cavalier Galleries, Inc., CT Franklin Mint, PA Gallery Henoch, NY Grand Central Galleries, NY Harbor Gallery, NY Hard Times Traveling Show: Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery, UT Springville Museum of Art, UT Salmagundi Club, NY Hermitage Foundation Museum, VA< Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CA Martin Luther King Labor Center, NY Museum of the City of New York, NY National Academy of Design Biennials, NY New-York Historical Society, NY Salander O’Reilly Gallery, NY Salmagundi Club, NY Society of Illustrators, NY Public Collections: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT SEIU – Service Employees International Union, Washington, DC Society of Illustrators, New York, NY Art Renewal Center, Morristown, NJ National Labor College, Silver Springs, MD New York Cultural Center Museum/Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ Martin Luther King Labor Center, New York, NY H.J. Heinz Company, PA Reviews and Articles: Enduring Realism, American Artist 2011 Hard Times, American Artist 2010 Interview with Max Ginsburg, Poets and Artists (Online Magazine), 2010 Radio Interview, WVOX, The Lyn Handler Show, 2009 “Max Ginsburg, Seeing Form, Not Formulas,” by Steve Doherty, Workshop Magazine, 2008 Cable TV Interview, Bronx Net Channel 67, 2008 Review “The Butler Institute Midyear Exhibition,” Business Journal, 2007 “Working-Class Choreography,” by Steve Smith...

A prominent depiction of a typical New York City street scene that the artist so passionately executes. Ginsburg strives to create pieces uniting his love for Manhattan, with his exc...

Oil painting illustration for romantic book cover by Max Ginsburg.