Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

American, 1907-1992

Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life, which comprised most of Bohrod's early work. Under Sloan's tutelage, Bohrod came to subscribe to the belief that painters should find the subjects of their art in the immediate world around them. These paintings emphasized architecture unique to north Chicago and featured Chicagoans engaged in such everyday activities as working, playing or going to the theatre. The romantic aspect was conveyed by the use of misty colors, and the realism by attention to detail. In 1936, Bohrod won the Guggenheim Fellowship award in creative painting. It enabled him to travel the United States, producing similar regionalist paintings on a much broader range of subjects. Nevertheless, most of his early work centered on Chicago and the urban Midwest. In 1943, Bohrod was commissioned by editors of Life magazine to cover the battlefronts as a war correspondent and artist. Three years later, Bohrod was invited to become the Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin, a position that became vacant with the unexpected death of John Steuart Curry. He would remain at the University from 1948 to his retirement in 1973. Then, quite atypically, fantasy started to appear in his work. Elements of Surrealism, supposedly inspired by his concurrent involvement in ceramics with F. Carlton Ball, began influencing his landscapes. By 1953, Bohrod had completely ceased painting landscapes, turning instead to often symbolic still-life subjects. He abandoned his earlier romantic realism to paint in the luminous trompe l'oeil tradition of William Harnett. Bohrod continued to produce these meticulously crafted fantasies exclusively. While in his position at the University of Wisconsin, Bohrod painted covers for Time magazine and authored two books, A Pottery Sketch-book (1959) and A Decade of Still Life (1966), in which are produced many of his trompe l'oeil paintings.

Artist: Aaron Bohrod

"City Park, Winter" Aaron Bohrod, Mid-Century, American Realist Nocturne

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in New York, NY

Aaron Bohrod City Park, Winter, circa 1945 Signed in pencil lower right margin Lithograph on wove paper Image 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches From the edition of 250 Aaron Bohrod's work has ...

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1940s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Aaron Bohrod
"City Park, Winter" Aaron Bohrod, Mid-Century, American Realist Nocturne, circa 1945

$900

City Park, Winter

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in Fairlawn, OH

City Park, Winter Lithograph, c. 1947 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Published by Associated American Artists Printed by George C. Miller, New York Edition: c. 250 In the Bohrod papers at Syracuse University, the artist states that it is a view of Pittsburgh. It depicts the George Washington Monument in Allegheny Commons Park, dedicated in 1891. The sculptor f the monument is Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch (1856-1931). Condition: Excellent Image size: 9 1/4 x 13 7/16 inches Frame size: 19 x 23 inches Provenance: Estate of Adolf Dehn Reference: AAA Index No. 848 Aaron Bohrod (21 November 1907 – 3 April 1992) was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'œil still-life paintings. Education Bohrod was born in Chicago in 1907, the son of an emigree Bessarabian-Jewish grocer. Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York between 1926 and 1930. While at the Art Students League, Bohrod was influenced by John Sloan and chose themes that involved his own surroundings. Career He returned to Chicago in 1930 where he painted views of the city and its working class. 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. Bohrod completed three commissioned murals for the Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts in Illinois; Vandalia in 1935, Galesburg in 1938 and Clinton in 1939. During World War II, Bohrod worked as an artist; first in the Pacific for the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Army War Art Unit...

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1940s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Aaron Bohrod
City Park, Winter, c. 1947

$700

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1910s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dan Smith
Put Fighting Blood in Your Business, 1919

$798 Sale Price

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$450

H 25 in W 19.5 in D 0.01 in

Nantucket North Wharf Night Sky Blue Sailboat Seaside Silkscreen Cottages Sea

By Donn Russell

Located in Nantucket, MA

Donn Russell made his own screen and did his own inking of the prints. He had no assistants and used no computers. He captured the beauty and charm of Nantucket and created images th...

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1970s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Donn Russell
Nantucket North Wharf Night Sky Blue Sailboat Seaside Silkscreen Cottages Sea, 1980

$400

$850

H 22.25 in W 34.25 in D 0.01 in

Destination Unknown, Ernie Barnes

By Ernie Barnes

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Earnie Barnes (1938-2009) Title: Destination Unknown Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 25 x 19.5 inches Edition: 120/300, plus proofs Condition: Good Insc...

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1970s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Ernie Barnes
Destination Unknown, Ernie Barnes, 1979

$4,400 Sale Price

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H 25 in W 19.5 in

SINGLIN OUT Signed Lithograph, Rocky Mountain Landscape, Cowboy, Horses

By Conrad Schwiering 1

Located in Union City, NJ

SINGLIN' OUT by the American Western artist Conrad Schwiering, is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% ac...

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1980s American Realist Aaron Bohrod Prints and Multiples

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Conrad Schwiering 1
SINGLIN OUT Signed Lithograph, Rocky Mountain Landscape, Cowboy, Horses, 1982

$450

H 21.5 in W 29 in

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