HananiahHarari(American,1912-2000)PerilousSky,1947Oiloncanvas36x30inches(framed371/2x311/2inches)

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HananiahHarari

HananiahHarariwasborninRochester,NYin1912asRichardFalkGoldman.Aftera1935triptoPalestine,hechangedhisnameto’HananiahHarari’…”Anamebettersuitedtoanimportantartist”.HananiahHararibecamebestrecognizedforhis

uniquestyleofModernpaintingthatintegratedtheconceptsofCubismwithSurrealism.HestudiedattheSyracuseUniversitySchoolofArtandlaterinPariswithAndréLhote,FernandLégerandMarcelGromaire.InNewYorkin1936,HararibecameafoundingmemberoftheAmericanAbstractArtistsgroup.HarariregularlyexhibitednationallyattheArtInstituteofChicago,theNationalAcademyofDesignandtheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,amongothers.In1943,heexhibitedatthelandmark“AmericanRealistsandMagicRealists”attheMuseumofModernArtinNewYorkandattheimportanttravelingexhibition,“AbstractandSurrealistArtintheUnitedStates”organizedbytheSanFranciscoArtMuseum.InadditiontohissuccesswithModernAbstraction,HararipaintedportraitcommissionsforPortraitsInc.inNewYork,includingsuchnotablefamiliesastheKennedy’s,Rockefeller’s,Mellon’sandDuPont’s.HisworkcanbefoundinthepermanentcollectionsoftheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,theWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtandthePennsylvaniaAcademyofArt,amongothers.Hararidiedin2000attheageof88.