Misha Reznikoff

Misha Reznikoff (1905–1971) was an American-Ukrainian artist noted for such pictures as The End of the Horse – Or New Deal (1934) and The Solidity of the Road to Metaphor and Memory (1935).[1] He was born in Kyiv, Russian Empire, in 1905 and died in New York in 1971.[1] He was married to photographer Genevieve Naylor.

From 1940 to 1943, the couple was in Brazil as part of the cultural wing of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs,[2] a program set by the Roosevelt Administration to promote American goodwill throughout Latin America. Reznikoff used techniques such as décollage and was described by Clement Greenberg as a "frail talent".[3]

He was exhibited in galleries such as the Anita Shapolsky Gallery and the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York City.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Misha Reznikoff". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Portrait of Nation Revealed in Photos of Bygone Brazil http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss18/record2118.14.html
  3. ^ Greenberg, O'Brien (1993) The Collected Essays and Criticisms University of Chicago Press
  4. ^ "Misha Reznikoff 1905–1971, US, UA". ArtFacts.net.
  5. ^ "Reznikoff, Misha". anitashapolskygallery.com.