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Maurice Glickman

April 14, 2024

Maurice Glickman (January 6, 1906 – May 1981) was an American sculptor noted for his New Deal-era sculpture for public buildings. He was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1934.[1] He founded the School of Art Studies in New York and was its director from 1945 to 1955.[2] His work is in the Albany Institute of History and Art, and in the Hirschorn Museum.[3]

Maurice Glickman
Guggenheim Foundation annual report, 1934
Born(1906-01-07)January 7, 1906
Iași, Romania
Died1981 (1982)
United States
Notable workNegro Mother and Child, Pearl Divers

Life and work edit

Glickman was born in Iași, in what was then the Romanian Old Kingdom. His family was Jewish.[4] Glickman immigrated to the United States in 1920,[5] with his parents Solomon and Sarah, three older sisters and an older brother. In 1925 they lived together in the Bronx.[6] He began his art education in 1921, and was naturalized a citizen in 1929.[5] He attended the Educational Alliance Art School and the Arts Students League of New York.[7] On December 17, 1931, Maurice Glickman married Florence Levinson.[8] In 1934 he won a Guggenheim Fellowship: "Appointed for creative work in sculpture and studies in classical Greek sculpture, abroad; tenure, twelve months from May 18, 1934."[1] In 1936, Glickman created one of 203 artworks that appeared in a touring exhibition of the U.S. that was ultimately meant to be donated to a new art museum in Birobidzhan, USSR. (The artworks never made it to Birobidzhan and the whereabouts of the collection is unknown.)[9] Glickman was also involved in the New York City Artists Union, the Marxist front American Artists' Congress, and in 1937 and 1938, "three of his sculptures had been illustrated" in the American Marxist magazine New Masses.[10] Per the records of HUAC, in 1939 he signed a petition for the Communist Party of the United States.[11]

His commissions for the Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Section of Fine Arts included:

  • Negro Mother and Child, U.S. Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C. (1934)[12] This sculpture is said to exemplify "the modernised classicism characteristic of Glickman's art. It was the use of this style in an image of African Americans that made the sculpture stand for progressive values in the context."[13]
  • Cast-stone "Physical Changes of the Postman through the Ages," Northampton, Pennsylvania post office (1939);[14] the figures represent an Egyptian messenger, Roman messenger, colonial postman, Pony Express rider, mailman of 1861, postman of 1900, and air mail pilot.[15]
  • Bas relief mahogany carving "Construction," South River, New Jersey post office (1943);[16] this design is reproduced on the cover of a 1989 record album by Big Shoulders[17]
  • There are some mentions of a relief called "Agriculture" or "Southern Farm Life" having been installed at the Ashburn, Georgia post office in 1947 but "unfortunately, it was either never installed or has been lost over the years."[18] (In the 1930s, between US$55,000 and $75,000 was allocated for a new post office in Ashburn.)[19][20]

At the time of the installation of "Construction," Glickman was said to be the author of "many articles on art and architecture." He had also taught at the Educational Alliance Art School, Unter College, Theodore Roosevelt High School, and Woman's College of the University of North Carolina.[21] In 1940 his sculpture Football Players, commissioned by the NY WPA, was exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[22]

American Artist published a photo feature about his sculptures in 1943.[23] Glickman's abstracted aluminum sculpture Pearl Divers was photographed and featured in the New York Times coverage of a Whitney exhibit in 1946.[24] Circa March 1937, the School of Art Studies was located at 2231 Broadway and was opening an annex at 90th and Broadway. The school offered classes in painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and illustration.[25] The GI Bill allowed many former U.S. soldiers and sailors, such as comic artist John Powers Severin, to afford tuition at the school.[26] Leonard Baskin was Glickman's apprentice for two years.[27] At time of the 1950 U.S. federal census, Maurice's occupation was director of an art school and his wife was secretary of an art school.[28]

In 1955, Glickman's sculpture Grief was exhibited at 17th Annual Exhibition of the Sculptors Guild.[29] The Albany Institute of Art and History organized a retrospective exhibition of his work in 1963.[30] Glickman also had pieces installed in public buildings in Israel.[5] At one time Glickman's art was sold through the Florence Lewison Gallery of New York City.[2] Maurice Glickman died in May 1981.[31]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Maurice Glickman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. ^ a b Look, David W.; Perrault, Carole L.; United States (1986). The Interior Building: its architecture and its art. Preservation case studies. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division. pp. 116–117.
  3. ^ Wertsman, Vladimir F. (July 22, 2010). Salute to the Romanian Jews in America and Canada, 1850-2010: History, Achievements, and Biographies. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4535-1280-7.
  4. ^ Castagno, John (August 16, 2010). Jewish Artists: Signatures and Monograms. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7421-3.
  5. ^ a b c "The Reporter Dispatch 10 Dec 1960, page 6". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  6. ^ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 16; Assembly District: 03; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 23 Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1925, Ancestry.com
  7. ^ Eaton, Myrwyn (October 1948). "The Sculpture of Maurice Glickman". Design. 50 (1): 10–12. doi:10.1080/00119253.1948.10742764. ISSN 0011-9253.
  8. ^ Cert. 9095. Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 (Original data: Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives.)
  9. ^ "The "People's Delegation" and the Popular Front, 1935-1939", Dreams of Nationhood, Academic Studies Press, pp. 55–82, December 17, 2019, doi:10.1515/9781618116871-006, ISBN 978-1-61811-687-1, S2CID 241334707, retrieved 2023-02-10
  10. ^ Carter, Warren. Figuring the New Deal: Politics and Ideology in Treasury Section Painting and Sculpture in Washington, D.C., 1934-1943 (PDF) (Ph.D.). University College London. pp. 194–195. UMI U591437.
  11. ^ Communist Party of the United States of America, New York City (1940). Signers of 1939-40 Communist Party Petitions for State and City Elections, Boroughs of New York City: Official Report, the Names and Addresses of the Signers of Petitions for Candidates of the Communist Party for State and City Elections, 1939-40, for the Confidential Use of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities. U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "GSA Fine Arts". GSA Fine Arts Collection. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  13. ^ Hemingway, Andrew (2002). Artists on the left : American artists and the Communist movement, 1926-1956. New Haven. pp. 98–100. ISBN 0-300-09220-2. OCLC 49225403.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ "Post Office Sculpture - Northampton PA". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  15. ^ "The Morning Call 31 Dec 1938, page 12". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  16. ^ "South River, NJ New Deal Art". wpamurals.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  17. ^ Hevrdejs, Judy. "Album Vaults Big Shoulders into Big Time" Chicago Tribune, Dec 08, 1989, pp. 2. ProQuest magic number 282656036
  18. ^ DVM, Jimmy Emerson (August 23, 2006), Ashburn, Georgia 31714, retrieved 2023-02-15
  19. ^ "The Macon News 27 May 1932, page 5". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  20. ^ "The Macon Telegraph 28 Aug 1939, page 10". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  21. ^ "The Central New Jersey Home News 18 Feb 1943, page 13". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  22. ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch 25 Aug 1940, page Page 81". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  23. ^ "Slum kid," American Artist , Oct1943, Vol. 7, p16.
  24. ^ Jewell, Edward A. (February 10, 1946). "In Three Museums: In the Whitney Sculpture Annual". The New York Times. p. 50. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 107485890. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  25. ^ "STEINER-PRAG ART GOING ON DISPLAY; Memorial Show of Gouaches, Water-Colors and Drawings to Open at St. Etienne". The New York Times. March 14, 1947. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  26. ^ Groth, Gary; Dean, Michael (December 6, 2013). The Comics Journal Library: The EC Artists. Fantagraphics Books. ISBN 978-1-60699-608-9.
  27. ^ Smith, Roberta (June 6, 2000). "Leonard Baskin Dies at 77; Sculptor of Stark Memorials". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  28. ^ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 1129; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 31-848 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census
  29. ^ "Edmond Enterprise 16 Aug 1955, page 16". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  30. ^ Castagno, John (August 16, 2010). Jewish Artists: Signatures and Monograms. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8108-7421-3.
  31. ^ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File via Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

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Maurice Glickman January 6 1906 May 1981 was an American sculptor noted for his New Deal era sculpture for public buildings He was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1934 1 He founded the School of Art Studies in New York and was its director from 1945 to 1955 2 His work is in the Albany Institute of History and Art and in the Hirschorn Museum 3 Maurice GlickmanGuggenheim Foundation annual report 1934Born 1906 01 07 January 7 1906Iași RomaniaDied1981 1982 United StatesNotable workNegro Mother and Child Pearl DiversLife and work editGlickman was born in Iași in what was then the Romanian Old Kingdom His family was Jewish 4 Glickman immigrated to the United States in 1920 5 with his parents Solomon and Sarah three older sisters and an older brother In 1925 they lived together in the Bronx 6 He began his art education in 1921 and was naturalized a citizen in 1929 5 He attended the Educational Alliance Art School and the Arts Students League of New York 7 On December 17 1931 Maurice Glickman married Florence Levinson 8 In 1934 he won a Guggenheim Fellowship Appointed for creative work in sculpture and studies in classical Greek sculpture abroad tenure twelve months from May 18 1934 1 In 1936 Glickman created one of 203 artworks that appeared in a touring exhibition of the U S that was ultimately meant to be donated to a new art museum in Birobidzhan USSR The artworks never made it to Birobidzhan and the whereabouts of the collection is unknown 9 Glickman was also involved in the New York City Artists Union the Marxist front American Artists Congress and in 1937 and 1938 three of his sculptures had been illustrated in the American Marxist magazine New Masses 10 Per the records of HUAC in 1939 he signed a petition for the Communist Party of the United States 11 His commissions for the Public Works of Art Project and Treasury Section of Fine Arts included Negro Mother and Child U S Department of the Interior building in Washington D C 1934 12 This sculpture is said to exemplify the modernised classicism characteristic of Glickman s art It was the use of this style in an image of African Americans that made the sculpture stand for progressive values in the context 13 Cast stone Physical Changes of the Postman through the Ages Northampton Pennsylvania post office 1939 14 the figures represent an Egyptian messenger Roman messenger colonial postman Pony Express rider mailman of 1861 postman of 1900 and air mail pilot 15 Bas relief mahogany carving Construction South River New Jersey post office 1943 16 this design is reproduced on the cover of a 1989 record album by Big Shoulders 17 There are some mentions of a relief called Agriculture or Southern Farm Life having been installed at the Ashburn Georgia post office in 1947 but unfortunately it was either never installed or has been lost over the years 18 In the 1930s between US 55 000 and 75 000 was allocated for a new post office in Ashburn 19 20 At the time of the installation of Construction Glickman was said to be the author of many articles on art and architecture He had also taught at the Educational Alliance Art School Unter College Theodore Roosevelt High School and Woman s College of the University of North Carolina 21 In 1940 his sculpture Football Players commissioned by the NY WPA was exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 22 American Artist published a photo feature about his sculptures in 1943 23 Glickman s abstracted aluminum sculpture Pearl Divers was photographed and featured in the New York Times coverage of a Whitney exhibit in 1946 24 Circa March 1937 the School of Art Studies was located at 2231 Broadway and was opening an annex at 90th and Broadway The school offered classes in painting sculpture graphic arts and illustration 25 The GI Bill allowed many former U S soldiers and sailors such as comic artist John Powers Severin to afford tuition at the school 26 Leonard Baskin was Glickman s apprentice for two years 27 At time of the 1950 U S federal census Maurice s occupation was director of an art school and his wife was secretary of an art school 28 In 1955 Glickman s sculpture Grief was exhibited at 17th Annual Exhibition of the Sculptors Guild 29 The Albany Institute of Art and History organized a retrospective exhibition of his work in 1963 30 Glickman also had pieces installed in public buildings in Israel 5 At one time Glickman s art was sold through the Florence Lewison Gallery of New York City 2 Maurice Glickman died in May 1981 31 References edit a b Maurice Glickman John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Retrieved 2023 02 09 a b Look David W Perrault Carole L United States 1986 The Interior Building its architecture and its art Preservation case studies Washington D C U S Dept of the Interior National Park Service Preservation Assistance Division pp 116 117 Wertsman Vladimir F July 22 2010 Salute to the Romanian Jews in America and Canada 1850 2010 History Achievements and Biographies Xlibris Corporation ISBN 978 1 4535 1280 7 Castagno John August 16 2010 Jewish Artists Signatures and Monograms Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 978 0 8108 7421 3 a b c The Reporter Dispatch 10 Dec 1960 page 6 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 09 New York State Archives Albany New York State Population Census Schedules 1925 Election District 16 Assembly District 03 City New York County Bronx Page 23 Ancestry com New York U S State Census 1925 Ancestry com Eaton Myrwyn October 1948 The Sculpture of Maurice Glickman Design 50 1 10 12 doi 10 1080 00119253 1948 10742764 ISSN 0011 9253 Cert 9095 Ancestry com New York New York U S Extracted Marriage Index 1866 1937 Original data Index to New York City Marriages 1866 1937 Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records Municipal Archives The People s Delegation and the Popular Front 1935 1939 Dreams of Nationhood Academic Studies Press pp 55 82 December 17 2019 doi 10 1515 9781618116871 006 ISBN 978 1 61811 687 1 S2CID 241334707 retrieved 2023 02 10 Carter Warren Figuring the New Deal Politics and Ideology in Treasury Section Painting and Sculpture in Washington D C 1934 1943 PDF Ph D University College London pp 194 195 UMI U591437 Communist Party of the United States of America New York City 1940 Signers of 1939 40 Communist Party Petitions for State and City Elections Boroughs of New York City Official Report the Names and Addresses of the Signers of Petitions for Candidates of the Communist Party for State and City Elections 1939 40 for the Confidential Use of the Special Committee on Un American Activities U S House of Representatives Special Committee on Un American Activities 1938 1944 via Google Books GSA Fine Arts GSA Fine Arts Collection Retrieved 2023 02 09 Hemingway Andrew 2002 Artists on the left American artists and the Communist movement 1926 1956 New Haven pp 98 100 ISBN 0 300 09220 2 OCLC 49225403 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Post Office Sculpture Northampton PA Living New Deal Retrieved 2023 02 09 The Morning Call 31 Dec 1938 page 12 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 09 South River NJ New Deal Art wpamurals org Retrieved 2023 02 09 Hevrdejs Judy Album Vaults Big Shoulders into Big Time Chicago Tribune Dec 08 1989 pp 2 ProQuest magic number 282656036 DVM Jimmy Emerson August 23 2006 Ashburn Georgia 31714 retrieved 2023 02 15 The Macon News 27 May 1932 page 5 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 15 The Macon Telegraph 28 Aug 1939 page 10 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 15 The Central New Jersey Home News 18 Feb 1943 page 13 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 09 St Louis Post Dispatch 25 Aug 1940 page Page 81 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 09 Slum kid American Artist Oct1943 Vol 7 p16 Jewell Edward A February 10 1946 In Three Museums In the Whitney Sculpture Annual The New York Times p 50 ISSN 0362 4331 ProQuest 107485890 Retrieved 2023 02 13 STEINER PRAG ART GOING ON DISPLAY Memorial Show of Gouaches Water Colors and Drawings to Open at St Etienne The New York Times March 14 1947 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 02 14 Groth Gary Dean Michael December 6 2013 The Comics Journal Library The EC Artists Fantagraphics Books ISBN 978 1 60699 608 9 Smith Roberta June 6 2000 Leonard Baskin Dies at 77 Sculptor of Stark Memorials The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 02 09 United States of America Bureau of the Census Washington D C Seventeenth Census of the United States 1950 Record Group Records of the Bureau of the Census 1790 2007 Record Group Number 29 Residence Date 1950 Home in 1950 New York New York New York Roll 1129 Sheet Number 74 Enumeration District 31 848 Source Information Ancestry com 1950 United States Federal Census Edmond Enterprise 16 Aug 1955 page 16 Newspapers com Retrieved 2023 02 09 Castagno John August 16 2010 Jewish Artists Signatures and Monograms Rowman amp Littlefield p 162 ISBN 978 0 8108 7421 3 Social Security Administration Washington D C USA Social Security Death Index Master File via Ancestry com U S Social Security Death Index 1935 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maurice Glickman amp oldid 1215535714, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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