Simkha Simkhovitch
1893–1949

Introduction

Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Russian artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Wikidata identifier

Q22086728

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Roles

Artist, genre artist, graphic artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500055629

Names

Simkha Simkovitch, Simcha Fajbusovic Simchovic, Simka Simkhovitch, Simkha Simkhovitch, Simka Taïboussovitch Simkhovitch, Simkha Simkhowitz, Simkovitch, Simkha Simkowitsch, Simka Taïboussovitch, simka simkhovitch

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