Joseph Margulies (1896–1984) was a Vienna-born American painter and printmaker.

Biography

Joseph Margulies was born in

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in 1896. He immigrated to the United States at an early age. Margulies studied at the Art Students League of New York with the printmaker

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(1857–1926), from 1922 to 1925. Margulies then continued his studies at the

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, Cooper Union in New York City, and at the

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in Paris. He also apprenticed with Maynard Waltner in Vienna. Margulies died in 1984.

Works

Margulies is best known for his portrait prints and seascapes of the

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coast, as typified by ''Gloucester Fisherman''. The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio), the

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, the

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, the National Portrait Gallery (Washington D. C.) and

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are among the public collections holding work by Joseph Margulies.

References

* Archives of American Art, ''Smithsonian Archives of American Art'', Washington, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1975. * Katlan, Alexander W., ''The Palette Reveals the Artist'', American Art Review, Oct. 2004. * National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), ''Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist'', Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press 1985. {{DEFAULTSORT:Margulies, Joseph American portrait painters 20th-century American painters American male painters Jewish painters Jewish American artists American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts 1984 deaths 1896 births 20th-century American printmakers 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American male artists