Artist

Chaim Gross

born Wolowa, Austria 1904-died New York City 1991
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Chaim Gross in his studio at work on Harvest, ca. 1938-1939, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0017898
Born
Wolowa, Austria
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Born in Austria, Gross studied in Budapest and Vienna before settling in the United States in 1921. Gross sculpted in wood, using a direct carving technique. He is best known for his semi-abstract interpretations of the human form.

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)