David Aronson (October 28, 1923 – July 2, 2015) was a painter and Professor of Art at

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Biography

Aronson was born in Šiluva, Lithuania in 1923. He taught at Boston University from 1955 to his death in 2015, where he formed the Fine Art Department. As an artist, he exhibited in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Copenhagen, among others. His work is represented in over forty museums. Aronson's work is associated with the school of

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. Aronson died at the age of 91 on July 2, 2015, from pneumonia and chronic heart failure.Roberts, Sam (July 15, 2015
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Collections

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* DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Mass. *

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, Jerusalem *

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, Keene, N.H. *

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, New York *

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, New York * New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut *

National Academy Museum and School The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fi ...

, New York *

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds ...

, Washington, D.C. * University of New Hampshire Museum of Art, Durham

Awards

* Guggenheim Fellowship - List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1960 * Election as Academician at the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the ...

, New York in 1967 * Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hebrew College, Newton, Massachusetts.

Exhibitions

David Aronson: The Paradox - Danforth Museum of Art

References

Images

Silkscreen in MoMA Collection

"Edmund Burke" bronze relief in the Smithsonian American Art Museum

"Blind Samson" in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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