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Seven inches by five and three-quarter inches. Written to Virginia [believed to be Dr. Virginia Powell, M.D. who was also Mrs. Bryan Mason of Chevy Chase Maryland]. This note paper has "From Philip Reisman" with street address and phone number printed in the upper left corner. There is writing in Philip Reisman's hand, with his signature (Philip) at the bottom. Writing is only on the front side. Written on August 29, probably during the early 1980s. In this brief note, artist Reisman discusses conditions in New York City, concluded that 'New York never disappointed us, did it?". sending two poems by Michelangelo that he 'visualized' together, and expressing the hope 'to see you in New York soon'. Handwritten correspondence from Philip Reisman is scarce and increasingly prized by art historians and collectors. From an obituary posted on-line: Philip Reisman, a Social Realist painter and printmaker known for his views of New York City street life, died in 1992. He was 87 years old. Mr. Reisman was born in Warsaw in 1904, and came to New York with his family at the age of 4. In his work he would come to expressively interpret scenes of various daily labor, seedy nightclubs and reflective moments within the city. His work is represented in the collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, among others. In 1979 and 1980, a three-month exhibition of Mr. Reisman's work from the 1960's and 1970's appeared at the Museum of the City of New York. In honor of the show, Manhattan Borough President Andrew J. Stein proclaimed Nov. 13, 1979, to be Philip Reisman Day. In 1982, the artist was elected an Academician at the National Academy of Design. At the Art Students League Reisman learned composition and illustration from the respected illustrator Wallace Morgan and anatomy from George Bridgman. He was also influenced by George Luks, another League teacher. Later, Reisman studied graphics privately with Harry Wickey from 1927-1928. Reisman later taught etching. Reisman constructed an etching press out of an old colander machine that he bought secondhand. Reisman produced sixty-two etchings in the short period of time between 1927 and 1931. Reisman's prints consist primarily of two major themes: New York scenes of the 1920s and 1930s, and biblical subjects of the Old Testament. The New York prints capture the daily routine-a vendor selling fruit, a group of construction workers engaged in the pre-Depression building boom of the city. His depictions of everyday life capture a visual history of New York because they reflect the raw and powerful activity of the day. Reisman began painting in 1929. He was intrigued by composition with figures in motion. His subjects are never static-they are always in motion. In 1936 he was among a group of ten artists to be commissioned by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) to paint a series of murals for the new psychiatric building at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. The mural, painted in egg tempera, depicted various American industrial scenes and showed a productive, hopeful portrayal of life. Reisman's other paintings of the period depict the homeless and the downtrodden. The Works Project Administration (WPA) and the Public Works Art Project (PWAP) provided Resiman with opportunities for commission and travel during the 1930's. Exhibitions include several one-person shows at the ACA Gallery in New York between 1943 and 1963, and numerous group exhibitions with the National Academy of Design, Hudson Guild and Whitney Annual in New York. Reisman also illustrated short stories for Colliers magazine and an edition of Anna Karenina for Random House and created a mural for the Bellevue Hospital, New York in 1937. Reisman received awards from the Carnegie Institute, Nicholas Roerich Museum, National Academy of Design, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Americ.
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