Aaron Harry Gorson
Aaron Harry Gorson (2 June 1872 in Kovno, Russian Empire – 11 October 1933 in New York City) was an American artist.
Also recorded as Aaron Henry Gorson · A. H. Gorson · Aaron Gorson · A.H. Gorson
Aaron Harry Gorson
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- Born
- 1872 · Russia.
- Died
- 1933 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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He immigrated to the United States, in Philadelphia, in 1888. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in 1894–1896 and 1897–1898, where he studied with Thomas Anshutz. He studied at the Académie Julian, in 1900, École des Beaux-Arts, and Académie Colarossi. His work appeared in the 1902 exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Pittsburgh. In 1921, he moved to New York City. His work is in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Kresge Art Museum, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Newark Museum, the Worcester Art Museum, the Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania State University Art Gallery. In 1993 he had a retrospective exhibition at the Westmoreland Museum. His scrapbooks are microfilmed at the Archives of American Art.
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Aaron Harry Gorson, a painter, was born on 2 June 1872 and died on 11 October 1933. The birthplace of Aaron Harry Gorson is recorded as Kaunas (auj. Lituanie) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and as Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik by the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Aaron Harry Gorson died in New York, United States, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
A Walk along the Shore by Aaron Gorson, oil on canvas, 1911, 28 x 36 in
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