Artist
Nahum Tschacbasov
born Baku, Russia 1899-died New York City 1984
- Born
- Baku, Russia
- Active in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- East Hampton, New York, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- 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)