Family Artistic Legacy
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Biography of Reuben Kadish
Reuben was born in Chicago. The family moved to Los Angeles. He was inspired by Courbet. He painted murals with Phil Guston. WWII changed his style. He taught in New York and sculpted for 30 years.
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Art student
He studied in art schools in Los Angeles. There he met lifelong friends. Courbet influence.
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Early paintings
Grounded in standard light, shade and 3D form. Cézanne.
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Early murals, politics
Leftist visual messages. Civil rights, equality.
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Siqueiros influence
Bold forms, dynamic space.
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Collaborative murals
KKK torture in Mexico mural. Renaissance structure and message in Duarte mural.
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Surrealism
De Chirico, Dali.
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Mural proposals
Standard social realism rejected.
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Mural in San Francisco
Symbolic, theoretical philosophy of alchemy.
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Artist for the US Army Burma and India 1944
Graphic pain and suffering with a stylized form.