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An example of work by Asa Cheffetz
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born in Buffalo, New York, Asa Cheffetz had a studio in Springfield, Massachusetts. He became noted for his superior engraving skills, exhibited his engravings at the National Academy, where he was a member, and designed the official bookplate for the Library of Congress. He was also an illustrator, with one of his publications being "An Almanac for Moderns".
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Asa Cheffetz trained at the Boston Museum School and the National Academy of Design with Philip Hale, Ivan Olitsky and William Auerbach-Levy.
Exhibition venues included the Royal Academy in London, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Source:
Peter Falk, "Who's Who in American Art"
According to Larry Gold in a note submitted February 2005, an important source for biographical information for Asa Cheffetz is: "NEW ENGLAND ENGRAVED The Prints of Asa Cheffetz" a catalogue from 'An Exhibition of his Wood Engraving and an Exploration of his Life as an Artist, Based on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts 1984'. The forward is by Richard Muhlberger, and Introduction by Sinclair Hitchings. Essays are by Janice Throne & Barry Moser
"The above publication contains not only biographical sketches the artist but also several items of correspondence between the artist and family, friends and fellow artists as well as newspaper and magazine reviews of his work."
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Biography from Whistler House Museum of Art:
| The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant
www.pkart.com
Asa Cheffetz
1897-1965
Asa Cheffetz — illustrator, etcher, engraver, and block printer —was born on August 16, 1897 in Buffalo, NY and died on August 23, 1965 in Springfield, MA where he lived and worked for many years. In 1929 his recorded address was 484 White Street in Springfield and, in 1934, Springfield, MA.
Cheffetz studied with Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Ivan Gregorevitch (1878-1962); William Auerbach-Levy (1889-1964); and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was a member of the California Printmakers Society; an Associate of the National Academy of Design, 1938; the Philadelphia Watercolor Club; the American Artists Congress in New York City; and the Audubon Artists in New York City.
His exhibitions and awards include the Eyre Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1928; the International Exhibition of Prints at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929 and 1932; a prize at the International Bookplate Competition at the Los Angeles Museum of Art in 1934; a prize at the 1934 International Exhibition of Prints, Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago; a prize at the 1934 Exhibition of American Block Prints, Philadelphia Print Club; the Library of Congress in Washington, DC; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; and at the 1936 Second International Exhibition of Wood Engraving in Warsaw, Poland.
Some of his work consists of the design for the official bookplate of the Library of Congress; illustrated An Almanac for Moderns; Fifty Prints of the Year, 1929 and 1934; Contemporary American Prints; and Fine Prints of the Year, 1935.
Collections representing Asa Cheffetz work are at the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA; the Baltimore Museum of Art in MD; the Newark Museum of Art in NJ; the Library of Congress in Washington, DC; the New York Public Library; the Cleveland Museum of Art in OH; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia; the Springfield Public Library and the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts in MA; the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC; the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA; the Washington County Museum in Hagerstown, MD; the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts; the Polish Government; the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, AL; the San Diego Museum of Art in CA; the Denver Art Museum in CO; the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, GA; the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, GA; Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, MA; the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, MI; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO.
References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. I, page 111; Davenport's Art Reference 2001/2002, page 394; Mantle Fielding,1986, page 148; Mallett, page 76; Dealer's Choice Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters... page 251; AskART.com archives; Whistler House Museum of Art files.
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