Philip Reisman Figurative Paintings

Philip Reisman Teenagers, Coney Island Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches When he was four years old, Reisman fled Polish pogroms with his mother and thre...

Poker Players NYC Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism Philip Reisman (1904-1992) Poker Players 12 x 16 oil on board Signed and dated 1949 lower right BIO Phi...

New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism Philip Reisman (American, New York, 1904-1992) New York City Street Scene 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Oil on masonite Signed lower right and dated 1944 This painting is featured in the Reisman monograph "Philip Reisman: People are His Passion" by Martin H. Bush. Publised by The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, The Wichita State University, 1986. Page 32 (see photos) BIO Philip Reisman was born July 18, 1904 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1908 his family moved to New York, where he would come to expressively interpret scenes of various daily labor, seedy nightclubs and reflective moments within the city. Reisman studied at the Art Students League of New York under Wallace Morgan, George Bridgeman, George Luks and Frank Du Mond. He studied privately as well with Harry Wickes from 1927-1928. The Works Project Administration (WPA) and the Public Works Art Project (PWAP) provided Resiman with opportunities for commission and travel during the 1930's. Exhibitions include several one-person shows at the ACA Gallery in New York between 1943 and 1963, and numerous group exhibitions with the National Academy of Design, Hudson Guild and Whitney Annual in New York. Reisman also illustrated short stories for "Colliers" magazine and an edition of "Anna Karenina...