Elias Mandel Grossman (1898 – 1947)

Painter, etcher, and lightographer Elias Grossman was born in Kobryn, Russia and emigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York with his family in 1911. 

His was a member of the Society of American Etchers, and worked for the W.P.A. Federal Arts Program. He exhibited widely during the late 1930s and 1940s. His work is held by numerous institutions including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The British Museum, and the Tel-Aviv Museum.