Artist

Abram Belskie

born London, England 1907-died 1988
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Courtesy The Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Closter New Jersey.
Born
London, England
Active in
  • Closter, New Jersey, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Abram Belskie's passion for art emerged when he was very young. The artist opened his own studio in Glasgow, Scotland, when he was only eighteen, then moved to New York City at twenty-two to pursue a career as a sculptor. In 1939, Belskie began working with Dr. Robert Latou Dickinson to make sculptural models that have helped to train generations of medical students. Five years after Belskie's death the citizens of Closter, New Jersey, opened the Belskie Museum of Art and Science to honor the humanitarian sculptor.