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Brooklyn, NY Aaron Birnbaum 1895-1998 Painting

Information: Birnbaum's family left Eastern Europe in 1913 and settled as many Jewish Immigrants did, in Brooklyn. Laboring for most of his life as a tailor, he eventually built his business up to require 30 employees. After retirement, he began to paint. Birnbaum's Hockey scene was featured on the front cover of the New Yorker, 1967. In 1995, the Museum of American Folk Art celebrated the artist's one hundredth birthday with an exhibition and reception. Two years later, the Abby Aldrich Museum in CT. hosted a one-person exhibition of Birnbaum's work. Slotin Folk Art

	Reference / Links:
	Art Resource: "Paintings By Aaron Birnbaum" K.S. Art: "Aaron Birnbaum" The Zetter Collection: "Aaron Birnbaum" Slotin Folk Art
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Bibliography: "Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide" Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, 1996. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006 "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003. "Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon" by Ellin Gordon, Barbara L. Luck and Tom Patterson, exhibit catalog for The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 1997.

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Eleanor Rooseveltc. 1976. Oil on board. 16 x 18 with frame Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Woman and Dog Oil on reversed canvas. 20 x 16 Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Traveling Family Oil on panel board. Excellent piece. 25 x 13 Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Fishermen, Cowboys and Peasants. Painted wooden board. 60" w x 20" h. Very large. Credit: Slotin Folk Art

	Double-sided Carnival Sign with Chickens and Giraffes and Space for Head. Painted board. 28" w x 32" h. Credit: Slotin Folk Art
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