Artist

Reuben Nakian

born College Point, NY 1897-died Stamford, CT 1986
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Reuben Nakian, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0121383
Born
College Point, New York, United States
Died
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Sculptor. Nakian reevaluated his early style, influenced by Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach, after meeting Arshile Gorky and Stuart Davis. His mature style, often expressed in monumental works, was analogous to Abstract Expressionist painting—with highly textured surfaces, improvisational gesture and broad pictorial interpretation.

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 (3 items)

Joseph Norman, Slum Fantasy No. 7, 1990, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1991.186.3, © 1990, Joseph Norman
Slum Fantasy No. 7
Date1990
pencil on paper
Not on view
Joseph Norman, Ghetto Flowers No. 2, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1991.186.2, © 1990, Joseph Norman
Ghetto Flowers No. 2
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Joseph Norman, Notorious #1, 1990, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1991.186.1, © 1990, Joseph Norman
Notorious #1
Date1990
lithograph
Not on view