Born: 1903, England. In U.S. from age of 2. Naturalized citizen.
Died: 1998, New York City
Art Education:
Art Students League, New York: 1925-1927; student of John Sloan
Academie Colarossi, Paris, France: 1927
Participation:
Art Students League, New York: 1925-1927; student of John Sloan
Academie Colarossi, Paris, France: 1927
Max Arthur Cohn Exhibitions:
One Man Shows: N.Y. Civic Club, 1929; New School for Social Research, 1932; ACA Gallery, 1934; Delphic Studios, 1936; Couturier Galleries, Stamford CT, 1963; Lucinda Galleries NJ, 1968; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art History Gallery, 1989.
Group Shows: many, including New School for Social Research 1937, 1957; Watercolor Biennial, Brooklyn Museum 1939; Prints for Children, MOMA 1936 (won honorable mention); Art Students League, 1936, 1975; National Serigraph Society, 1941, 1942, 1945; N.Y. WPA Artists Ass'n shows 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984; D. Wigmore Gallery, New York, 1988; Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 1992.
Max Arthur Cohn Collections:
Prints at Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.; Philadelphia Museum of Art; William Nelson Rockhill Gallery, Kansas City; University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Howard University; Albany University; Dallas Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Denver Museum; New York Public Library; Boston Public Library; British Museum, London; Oils in Tel Aviv Museum; The National Museum of American Art (which also owns three watercolors and two prints); Museum of the City of New York (which also owns four watercolors and three lithographs). Represented in many private collections by variety of media.
Max Arthur Cohn Publications:
Co-Author: Silk Screen Stencilling as a Fine Art. New York, McGraw Hill, 1942.
Corrected and reprinted as Silk Screen Techniques, New York, Dover Press, 1956.
Max Arthur Cohn Memberships:
Art Students League, Life Member
National Serigraph Society, Founding Member
Delaware Valley Artists Association, Founding Member
N.Y. WPA Artists Association, Executive Board Member
Max Arthur Cohn Listings:
Who's Who in the East
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who in New York
Who's Who in World Jewry
Men of Achievement, Cambridge, England
Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England
The Art Post Gallery is pleased to represent
a collection of Max's work
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