American Colonial Era Painter, 1753-1820  Related Paintings of Francis Guy :. | Winter Scene | Winter Scene in Brooklyn | View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill | View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill | Tontine Coffe House |
Related Artists:
Richard Dey De Ribcowsky
painted Twilight Seascape in 1911
James hardy jnr.
1801-1879
Hirshfield Morris
American artist 1872-1946 American painter of Russian-Polish origin. He claimed to have carved wooden ceremonial objects as a young boy, but ceased to create until he retired from his clothing manufacturing concern and began to paint. When Sidney Janis was arranging an exhibition of American folk art for MOMA in 1939, he saw Hirshfield's naive works in a gallery in New York. He exhibited two in the show and organized a one-man show for the artist in 1943; he also purchased two works, including Beach Girl (1937; New York, MOMA). In such paintings Hirshfield based large areas of the overall design on the fabrics with which he worked during his years in business, and his outlined forms on the art of patternmaking.