Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) American/Romania

Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) American/Romania
Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) Watercolor on paper, SIgned Lower Right, Measures (6 x 4 inches) w/frame (11 x 9 inches) A painter of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benjamin sustained an active career for over seven decades. Consistently dedicated to an artistic expression that was personal and honest, Benjamin was not commercially motivated and never wanted to compete with other artists for notoriety. Although many of his artist-cohorts became famous, notably his close friend Milton Avery, Benjamin was content simply to be able to paint, supported by a job in the art department of the New York Sun. Indeed, it was due to this perspective that his life's work has remained largely unknown. In his work, drawing on his academic background and many European modernist influences, Benjamin distilled the exhaustive array of visual stimuli that he encountered into reductive, thoughtful images, using form and color to encapsulate his emotive responses to his subjects.
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