biographie de Mischa ASKENAZY (1888-1961)

Birth place: Odessa, Russia

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: NYC; Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: NAD, 1913, with Jones, Volk and Maynard; France and Italy.

Exhibited: GGE, 1939; LACMA, 1939 (med); Oakland A. Mus., 1952 (prize), 1954 (solo); NAD; PAFA; M. H. deYoung Mus. A., 1950 (prize), 1952 (prize), 1955 (prize); Laguna Beach AA, 1951 (prize)-1953 (prizes); Cal. AC, 1951-1955 (prizes); Cal. State Fair, 1934 (prize), 1936 (prize), 1954 (prize).

Member: Soc. Western Painters; Cal. AC; Los Angeles AA; Laguna Beach AA.

Work: Laguna Museum of Art; many ports., paintings, in priv. colls., U.S. and abroad.

Comments: Spent his childhood in NYC and traveled in France and Italy after winning a scholarship. He went to California in 1928 for a portrait commission and decided to stay there for the rest of his life.

Sources: WW59; Hughes, Artists of California, 25.