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signed bottom right titled "Strange Clown" 15X13 inches framed. This has surface grime and a slight indent and would benefit from a cleaning. This is from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s. Maurice Kish
(Russian-American, b. 1898)

Maurice Kish was born in Dvinsk, Russia in 1898 and immigrated to New York in his teens. Once in New York he studied as a painter at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. Kish was a member of several art associations including Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. After World War II Kish became involved in the Educational Alliance, the Brooklyn Art Alliance and was president of the American Veterans Society of Artists in 1962. He exhibited at several galleries over a period of three decades including such distinguished galleries as the National Academy of Design, the Corcoran Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Society of Independent Artists, the Carnegie Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the World's Fair in New York in 1939. Kish received several prizes over his lifetime including 'Outstanding Painting' in 1945, the Gold Medal of the American Veterans Society of Artists in 1963, and the Minnie R. Stern Medal of the Audubon Artists in 1964. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad, Russia, the Brooklyn Museum, the Ein Horod Museum in Israel, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Springville Museum in Utah. Several of Kish's writings, sketchbooks and memorabilia are located at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Studied:
Cooper Union
National Academy of Design
Member:
Allied Artists of America
Audubon Artists
Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey
American Veterans Society of Artists (President 1962)
Exhibited:
National Academy of Design, 1932-34, 1938, 1940-45
Corcoran Gallery biennials, 1935-47 (4 times)
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Ann., 1938-42, 1946-47, 1952, 1958
World's Fair, New York, 1939
Society of Independent Artists, 1940
Carnegie Institute, 1941
Allied Artists of America, 1933-46, 1945 (prize)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1942, 1945 (prize), 1946
Brooklyn Society of Artists, 1959
Macbeth Gallery, 1959
Findlay Gallery, 1959
ACA Gallery, 1959
American- British Arts Center, 1959
Educational Alliance, 1959
Brooklyn Museum, 1959
Philadelphia Artists Alliance, 1959
Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, 1959
Ogunquit Arts Center, 1959
Work:
Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russia
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Ein Horod Museum, Israel
Museum of the City of New York
Springville Museum, Utah
Author:
The World is My Song. 1968
References:
Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings: A Complete Illustrated Listing of Works in the Museum's Collection
Falk, Who Was Who in American Art
Falk, The Annual Record of the National Academy of Design 1901-1950
Falk, The Annual Exhibition Record of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1914-1968
Hills, Social Concern and Urban Realism: American Painting in the 1930s
Mallett, Mallett's Index of Artists: International-Biographical
Ramirez (Ed.), Painting The Town: Cityscapes of New York
Smithsonian (Ed.), The Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection

framed. Surface grime

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