Artist

Nahum Tschacbasov

born Baku, Russia 1899-died New York City 1984
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Nahum Tschacbasov, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0036564
Born
Baku, Russia
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • East Hampton, New York, United States
Biography

Painter, graphic artist. Originally an accountant and efficiency expert, Tschacbasov turned to painting in 1930 and specialized in encaustic. His style was expressionistic and colorful with subjects ranging from the social conditions of his day to animals rendered in a whimsical, fantastic style.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Nahum Tschacbasov, Untitled--Nudes with Horse, 1947, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, 1988.15.14
Untitled – Nudes with Horse
Artist
Date1947
etching on paper
Not on view