Jerome Witkin

Jerome Witkin
Born (1939-09-13) September 13, 1939 (age 85)
Brooklyn, New York, US
EducationThe High School of Music & Art
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Cooper Union
Berlin Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Known forPainting
MovementSocial realism
ChildrenChristian Witkin
Family(twin brother) Joel Peter Witkin
AwardsPulitzer Traveling Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship

Jerome Witkin (born September 13, 1939) is an American figurative artist whose paintings deal with political, social and cultural themes,[1] along with serious portraiture that melds the sitter's social position with a speaking likeness that reveals inner character. Witkin has been succinctly characterized as "a virtuoso figurative painter whose work mixes elements of the old masters, social realism and Abstract Expressionism ..."[2]

  1. ^ "Jerome Witkin". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
  2. ^ Glueck, Grace (May 12, 2006). "Art in Review; Jerome Witkin". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.