Aaron Bohrod
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Aaron Bohrod
(1907–92). Painter and ceramist. Among regionalists in the American Scene movement, he generally conveyed an unusually dreary view of small-town and rural life. Later he turned primarily to still life, while concurrently developing an interest in ceramics. Born in Chicago, Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1927 and 1929. From 1930to1932 he worked at the Art Students League, where he was particularly influenced by John Sloan. Returning to Chicago, he painted such local scenes as the dispiriting Landscape near Chicago (Whitney Museum, 1934), depicting a man working on a car in the midst of an unkempt yard in front of a deteriorating house. Waiting for the 3:30 (Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri, 1941) shows a lone woman with her luggage, waiting beside the railroad tracks in a small town on an overcast winter day. During World War II, Bohrod served as an artist-reporter in the South Pacific and in Europe. From 1948until1973 he was artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin. Following retirement he remained permanently in Madison and continued to work until his last months. Around the time he moved to Wisconsin, he introduced imaginative elements into some paintings, producing surrealist overtones. By the mid-1950s he had dispensed altogether with his previous subject matter in order to paint highly detailed still lifes, sometimes including symbolic elements. He published A Pottery Sketchbook (1959) and A Decade of Still Life (1966).
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Aaron Bohrod
| Aaron Bohrod | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 November 1907[1] Chicago, Illinois[2] |
| Died | 3 April 1992 (aged 84)[3] Madison, Wisconsin[3] |
| Nationality |  - American |
| Field | painter |
| Training | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Students League of New York[2] |
| Movement | Regionalism/Social realism Magic realism Trompe-l'oeil[4] |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (Fine Arts, 1936)[5] |
Aaron Bohrod (21 November 1907 – 3 April 1992) was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'oeil still-life paintings.
Bohrad was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1907, the son of an emigree Russian grocer.[6] Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York between 1926 and 1930.[2] While at the Art Students League, Bohrod was influenced by John Sloan and chose themes that involved his own surroundings.[2] He returned to Chicago in 1930 where he painted views of the city and its working class.[2] He eventually earned Guggenheim Fellowships which permitted him to travel throughout the country, painting and recording the American scene. His early work won him widespread praise as an important social realist and regional painter and printmaker and his work was marketed through Associated American Artists in New York. During World War II, Bohrod worked as an artist, first in the Pacific for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, then in Europe for Life magazine. In 1948, he accepted a position as artist in residence, succeeding John Steuart Curry, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and remained in that capacity until 1973.
In the 1950s, Bohrod developed the trompe-l'oeil style of highly decorative, detailed still life paintings which gives an illusion of real life. It was this style with which he became internationally identified.
Bohrod died of liver cancer at his home in Madison, Wisconsin on 3 April 1992, at the age of 84.[3] His works can be found in the collections of many American museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.[2] The Aaron Bohrod Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley was named in his honor.
Words of Everett Oehlschlaeger: "Plastic fish, rubber ducks, broken dolls, toy soldiers, souvenirs of every sort find their way into and fill the compositions of Aaron Bohrod. In doing so, the objects take on meanings far surpassing their original ones, taking on an importance never originally intended for them ... His works often take the form of visual jokes, riddles, or puns in which the artist has fun with the double meanings of commonly used words. Bohrod has a great sense of humor, but beneath it is a bite of the utmost seriousness—often a criticism of the folly and silliness of mankind, his actions and concerns, as exhibited by the faster and faster pace of an ever twisting stream—the spectacle of life." —Everett Oehlshlaeger of Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries Inc., Chicago, Il.
(from State of Wisconsin, 1991–92 Legislature, Assembly Joint Resolution 149)
References
- ^ Kendall, Sue Ann (1984-08-23). "Oral history interview with Aaron Bohrod". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-aaron-bohrod-12310.
- ^ a b c d e f Harpaz, Nathan (2009). "A Gift to Biro-Bidjan, Chicago, 1937: From Despair to New Hope". Proceedings of the 44th Annual Convention (Chicago, Illinois, July 5-8, 2009). Association of Jewish Libraries. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/publications/proceedings/proceedings2009/harpaz2009.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ a b c Lambert, Bruce (1992-04-06). "Aaron Bohrod, 84, Realist Artist Whose Paintings Could Deceive". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/06/arts/aaron-bohrod-84-realist-artist-whose-paintings-could-deceive.html.
- ^ "Aaron Bohrod (1907 - 1992)". The Museum of Wisconsin Art. http://www.wisconsinart.org/archives/artist/aaron-bohrod/profile-23.aspx. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Aaron Bohrod". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. http://www.gf.org/search?search=Aaron+Bohrod&x=13&y=5. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Aaron Bohrod". Southern Illinois Univeristy Museum. http://www.museum.siu.edu/museum_classroom_grant/Museum_Explorers/virtual/aaron_bohrod.htm.
Bibliography
- Bohrod, Aaron (1959). A Pottery Sketchbook. University of Wisconsin Press.
- Bohrod, Aaron (1966). A Decade of Still Life. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-04121-2.
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