Nahum Tschacbasov

Nahum Tschacbasov
Наум Чакбасов
Born
Nahum Stefanovich Lichter

(1899-08-31)August 31, 1899
Baku, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 1, 1984(1984-02-01) (aged 84)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Burial placeNew Montefiore Cemetery
Other namesNathan Richter, H. H. Richter, Hanathan Richter, Nathan Lichterman, Chuck Tschacbasov, Nate Tschacbasov, Nahum Tschakbassoff, Nahum Lichter
Occupation(s)Visual artist, poet, graphic artist, businessperson, teacher
Known forPaintings, prints, teaching
MovementExpressionism, social realism, surrealist[1]
Spouses
  • Esther Sorokin,
  • Irene Zevon

Nahum Tschacbasov (1899–1984; Russian: Наум Степанович Чакбасов,[2] Georgian: ნაუმ ჩაჩბასოვი)[3] also known as Nahum Lichter, and Nahum Tschakbassoff, was a Russian-born American painter, printmaker, graphic artist, poet, businessperson, and educator.[4][5] He used many names including Nahum Lichter, Nathan Richter, H. H. Richter, Hanathan Richter, and Nathan Lichterman.[3] Tschacbasov was a member of "The Ten", a group of expressionist artists.[6]

  1. ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (2006-12-10). "Re-examining the Works of an Obscure Social Realist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  2. ^ "Искусство и архитектура русского зарубежья - ЧАКБАСОВ Наум Степанович". artrz.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Leader, Zachary (2015). The Life of Saul Bellow: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964. Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 463–465. ISBN 978-0-307-26883-9.
  4. ^ "Nahum Tschacbasov". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  5. ^ Delatiner, Barbara (1982-06-27). "The Lively Arts; at 82, He Adds Poetry to His Art". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  6. ^ Patterson, Jody (2020-11-17). Modernism for the Masses: Painters, Politics, and Public Murals in 1930s New York. Yale University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-300-24139-6.