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Morris Hirshfield (1872–1946) was a Polish-American painter. He "is considered one of the most critically acclaimed self-taught artists of the 20th century" according to the J. Paul Getty Museum.[1]

Morris Hirshfield
Born1872
Poland
Died1946
New York City, New York, USA
NationalityPolish-American
Known forPainting
MovementContemporary Art

Life


Hirshfield was born in Poland, but emigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. He found employment at a women's coat factory; later, he founded a business with his brother, first manufacturing women's coats, then women's slippers. He retired in 1935 due to failing health.[2]

Hirshfield began to paint in 1937. He was soon championed by gallerist Sidney Janis, who had a great interest in self-taught artists. Janis included some of Hirshfield's works in a 1939 exhibition, Contemporary Unknown American Painters, and a 1942 book, They Taught Themselves: American Primitive Painters of the 20th Century.[3] His painting found favor in surrealist circles; he was lauded by Andre Breton,[4] and was a participant in the first American surrealist exhibition, First Papers of Surrealism, in 1942.[5]

He received a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943.[6] The show occasioned some negative criticism; Art Digest referred to Hirshfield as "The Master of Two Left Feet",[7] and the bad press the show received figured into the demotion of MoMA's director, Alfred H. Barr Jr.[8]

Hirschfield died in New York City in 1946.[1]


Work


Morris Hirshfield, ''Girl with Pigeons'', 1942
Morris Hirshfield, ''Girl with Pigeons'', 1942

Only 77 works were created by Hirschfield during his career.[9] His heavily patterned work, featuring women or animals, is often reminiscent of textiles, perhaps as a legacy of his first career.[10]


Exhibitions



References


  1. "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  2. Borum, Jenifer P. "Morris Hirshfield". Outsider Art Fair. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. Nykolak, Jenevive. "Morris Hirshfield". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. "Morris Hirshfield". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. Nykolak, Jenevive. "Morris Hirshfield". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. Borum, Jenifer P. "Morris Hirshfield". Outsider Art Fair. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. "Morris Hirshfield". The Great Cat. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. Nykolak, Jenevive. "Morris Hirshfield". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. "Morris Hirshfield". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  10. Nykolak, Jenevive. "Morris Hirshfield". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

На других языках


[de] Morris Hirshfield

Morris Hirshfield (* 10. April 1872 in Kongresspolen, damals Russisches Kaiserreich; † 26. Juli 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Fabrikant und naiver Maler.
- [en] Morris Hirshfield

[fr] Morris Hirshfield

Morris Hirshfield né le 10 avril 1872 en Pologne et mort le 26 juillet 1946 à Brooklin, New-York est un peintre naïf américain.



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