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Peter Krasnow (20 August 1886 – 30 October 1979), born Feivish Reisberg, was a modernist and colorist artist known for his abstract wood sculptures and architectonic hard-edge paintings and drawings which were often based on Hebrew calligraphy and other subjects related to his Jewish heritage. Krasnow lived in Los Angeles for most of his life.[1]

Peter Krasnow
Born	Feivish Reisberg (1886-08-20)August 20, 1886 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine
Died	(1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Artist
Spouse(s)	Rose Bloom

Early life and education

Born in 1886 in Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine, he was an apprentice to his father, who was an interior decorator. Krasnow emigrated to the United States in 1907 and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1916.[2]

Career

Krasnow first exhibited in the 1920s.[2] He settled in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1922, purchasing the land where he built his home and studio from Edward Weston, who was his friend and a fellow member of the early Los Angeles avant-garde.[3][4] Krasnow lived there for over 50 years.[3] His work was included in the exhibit that launched MOCA. He received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1977.[2]

Exhibitions

• 1922, Whitney Studio Club, New York (solo)[2]
• 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
• 1923, MacDowell Club, Los Angeles (solo)
• 1926, The Print Rooms, Los Angeles
• 1927, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
• 1927, Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco
• 1928, Oakland Municipal Art Gallery, Oakland (solo)
• 1928, Seattle Society of Fine Arts, Seattle (solo)
• 1928, Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
• 1928, Zeitlin Bookstore, Los Angeles (solo)
• 1929, Scripps College, Claremont (solo)
• 1930, Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles (solo)
• 1931, California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco (solo)
• 1934, Galerie Pierre, Paris (solo)
• 1935, UCLA, Los Angeles
• 1935, The Print Rooms, Los Angeles
• 1935, California Pacific International Expo, San Diego
• 1939, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego
• 1940, Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles (solo)
• 1940, UCLA, Los Angeles
• 1954, Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena
• 1964, Scripps College, Claremont (solo)
• 1975, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles[2]
• 1976, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
• 1977, Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley
• 1978, Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
• 1986, 1989, 1991, and 1993, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles

Artistic legacy

In 2000, the Laguna Art Museum acquired over 500 pieces of his work.[5]

References

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