Biografie von Simkha SIMKHOVITCH (1885/93-1949)

Birth place: Kiev, Ukraine

Death place: Milford, CT

Addresses: NYC, 1924-31; Greenwich, CT, early 1930s

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Odessa Art School, c.1908-13; Royal Acad., St. Petersburg, Russia, c.1913-18

Exhibited: First Soviet Govt. exh, 1918 (prize); Salons of Am., 1925; Sterner Gal., NYC, 1927, 1929, 1931 (all solos); Hackett Gal., NYC, 1933 (solo); Midtown Gal., NYC, 1941-45 (all solos); Milch Gal, 1933-41, 1946-49; Mattatuck Mus., Waterbury, CT; New Britain Mus.; Wildenstein Gal., NYC; Wadsworth Atheneum, 1947; WMA, 1933 (prize); Addison Gal., Andover, MA, 1941; CI, 1933-45; NAD, 1926, 1942, 1946, 1948; Cincinnati AM, 1930-47; AIC, 1932-45; AID, 1932 (medal, prize); PAFA Ann., 1933-38, 1941, 1944; Whitney Mus.; Toledo AM, 1933-47; Virginia AM; Worcester Biennial, 1933-47; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1932-47 (8 times); WYNY, 1939; Brooklyn Mus. (many watercolor exhib.); Dallas MFA; MMA, 1940, 1942; Cranbrook Acad., 1940

Work: WWMA; Mus. of the Winter Palace, Petrograd; Mus. Art, Petrograd; Krakow Mus., Poland; New Britain (CT) Mus.; Worcester(MA) AM; WPA murals: USPO, Beaufort, NC, USPO and Court House, Jackson, MI.

Comments: Came to the U.S. in 1924. Painted the New England landscape and people. Teacher, All Arts Studio, Greenwich, CT.

Sources: WW40; exhib. cat., J. Marqusee Fine Arts, NYC (1987); Art in Conn.: Between World Wars; Falk, Exh. Record Series.