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Birth
1878 (Tuiemen, Siberia)
Death
1965 (Brooklyn, New York)
Lived/Active
New York / Russian Federation
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Often Known For
mod figure-genre, town-landscape
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Categories of Interest
New York Armory Show of 1913
Fauves/Fauvism
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The following is by Dr. Theodore W. Eversole:
Abraham
Walkowitz (1878-1965 ) is perhaps best known for his watercolor studies
of Isadora Duncan and the dance. However, Walkowitz laid claim to being
the first to exhibit truly Modernist paintings in the United States.
After 1909, he became an intimate of Alfred Stieglitz' 291 Gallery, and
whilst there became a participant in the debate over Modern Art in
America. Walkowitz was an outspoken proponent of the continuous
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