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 (4 items)

Sandra C. Fernández, La virgen de Quito apareció en Austin, 2011, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Gilberto Cárdenas Latino Collection, 2012.40.2, © 2011, Sandra C. Fernández
La virgen de Quito apareció en Austin
Artist
Date2011
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Mojándose II (Crossing), 2015, etching, relief, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.2, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Mojándose II (Crossing)
Artist
Date2015
etching, relief, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Mourning and Dreaming High: con mucha fé, 2014-2018, lithography, thread drawings, milagros, collage, pages of an 18th-century book, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.1A-S, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Mourning and Dreaming High: con mucha fé
Artist
Date2014-2018
lithography, thread drawings, milagros, collage, pages of an 18th-century book
Not on view
Sandra C. Fernández, Cruzado (Settled In), 2015, etching, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.3, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández
Cruzado (Settled In)
Artist
Date2015
etching, chine colle, thread drawings, blind embossing on paper
Not on view