Chaim Gross grew up in Austria and came to New York as teenager. He worked as a delivery boy during the day and lived on very little money, saying that “I just wanted enough work to keep me alive while I made sculpture.” He studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League, and also taught sculpture at the Educational Alliance. This portrait shows Gross with one of his wooden sculptures. He has a proud expression and confident stance as he holds out the finished piece for approval.
“Art gives me happiness, and when I’m not working I’m miserable.” Chaim Gross, New York Times, 1974
- Title
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Chaim Gross
- Artist
- Date
- 1969
- Location
- Dimensions
- 21 5⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 x 6 3⁄8 in. (55.0 x 22.5 x 16.1 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Chaim and Renee Gross
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Portrait male – Gross, Chaim
- Occupation – art – sculptor
- Occupation – art – painter
- Object – art object – sculpture
- Occupation – art – printmaker
- Portrait male – Gross, Chaim – full length
- Object Number
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1970.75
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
