Aaron Gelman (November 24, 1899 – May 1970) was an

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ist. He worked on oils,

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s, etchings,

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s and sculptures. Gelman was born to Jewish immigrant parents from

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

, The Ottoman

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(present-day Israel). He died in Israel, where he had returned later in life.

Life

He studied at the Hartford Academy of Art, the Art Students’ League and the National Academy of Design. Gelman was a member of the New York School of Painting, of which George Luks was the best known member. This school followed the Hudson School of Painting. He was also a WPA artist. His painting "Across the Gowanus Canal" is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Family

He was a brother-in-law to

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, uncle to

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, and one of his grandchildren is the actress

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. His grandfather, Avraham Yaakov Gelman was one of the 11 founding families of Mazkeret Batya (Ekron). These emigrant families came from Ruzhany, with support from the Baron de Rothschild, to settle Moshav Ekron. He was a close friend of fellow artist Harris "Harry" Rodvogin.

References

1889 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American painters American emigrants to Israel American male painters American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent American people of Israeli descent Federal Art Project artists Jewish American artists Jewish Israeli artists Jews in Mandatory Palestine 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1890s-stub