Tully Filmus, Hasidic Dance "To Life" l'Chaim Judaica Lithograph

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In this print (ed.56 out of 100) by the artist Tully Filmus a group of rabbis that gather around to … Read more In this print (ed.56 out of 100) by the artist Tully Filmus a group of rabbis that gather around to dance "To Life".

Tully Filmus was an American realist painter. He was born Naftuli (Anatol) Filmus in Ataki, Bessarabia, in 1903. In 1913, his parents Michael and Eva Filmus moved the family to Philadelphia.

From 1924-7, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Henry McCarter. In 1930, he moved to New York, where he took a job with a small art agency where he became friends with Anton Refregier and Willem de Kooning. In 1936, he joined American artists in contributing painting to Biro-Bidjan Museum in the U.S.S.R. In 1937, he exhibited at the American Artists Congress and joined the faculty of the American Artists School. In 1938, he also joined the faculty of the Cooper Union School of Art. He has exhibited in the Whitney Museum Annual and the American Artists Congress. One of his paintings was acquired by the permanent collection of New York University. Other museums that have shown his work include the Art Institute of Chicago, City Art Museum of St. Louis, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Berkshire Museum.
Mr. Filmus was a renowned artist. His work is in numerous private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the National Gallery. His works have been exhibited widely including the Carnegie Institute, the Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, ACA Gallery and the David Findlay Jr. Gallery.

Two books on Tully Filmus' work have been published, Tully Filmus, a book of paintings and Tully Filmus, Selected Drawings. His biography is included in Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in America, Current Biography and Who's Who in the World.

In 1927 he studied in Europe on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1930s Mr. Filmus shared a studio with Willem DeKooning. During his early career he painted many portraits including ones of such notables as Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. Jonas Salk. From 1938 to 1950 Mr. Filmus taught at Cooper Union School of Art.
People were the subject of most of his paintings including museum visitors, dancers, musicians and many works depicting Jewish subjects.
He and his wife Gladys owned a summer home in Becket, MA, where they became friends with the painter Fay Kleinman. She later invited them to help launch the Becket Arts Center. See less