Biografie von Boris Israelewitsch ANISFELD (1879-1973)

Birth place: Bieltsy, Russia

Death place: Stonington, CT?

Addresses: Chicago, IL/Central City, CO, 1940

Profession: Sculptor, lithographer, painter, craftsperson, teacher

Exhibited: Salon D'Automne, Paris, 1906; BM, c. 1917; AIC, 1937 (prize).

Member: Salon d'Automne, Paris.

Work: BM (Clouds Over the Black Sea"); Gardner Mus., Boston; Albright A. Gal, Buffalo; AIC; Los Angeles A. Assn."

Comments: Before coming to U.S., he was best known as designer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe, Paris. Shortly after his arrival in 1917, the Brooklyn Mus. arranged a traveling exhibition that went to over twenty Amerian cities. Positions: Instr., Sch. AIC; Dir., Boris Anisfield Summer Sch. A., Central City.

Sources: WW40; add'l info. courtesy Anthony R. White, Burlingame, Ca.