Artist

Ahron Ben-Shmuel

born New York City 1903-died Jerusalem, Israel 1984
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Gift of Panevka Cavel; courtesy of James A. Michener Archive
Born
New York, New York, United States
Died
Jerusalem, Israel
Active in
  • Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Ahron Ben-Shmuel grew up watching his father carve wooden models of animals and carved figures from any material he could find, including sticks of chalk stolen from school and stone salvaged from demolition sites. He apprenticed as a monument carver for three years and worked with local sculptors, reproducing their models in stone. His work includes simplified portrait heads and figures carved from granite, marble, or wood.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Mildred Williams, Van Cortlandt Park Mansion, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.299
Van Cortlandt Park Mansion
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Mildred Williams, Winter, Central Park, 1935-1941, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.99
Winter, Central Park
Artist
Date1935-1941
lithograph
Not on view