American artist 1872-1946 American painter of Russian-Polish origin. He claimed to have carved wooden ceremonial objects as a young boy, but ceased to create until he retired from his clothing manufacturing concern and began to paint. When Sidney Janis was arranging an exhibition of American folk art for MOMA in 1939, he saw Hirshfield's naive works in a gallery in New York. He exhibited two in the show and organized a one-man show for the artist in 1943; he also purchased two works, including Beach Girl (1937; New York, MOMA). In such paintings Hirshfield based large areas of the overall design on the fabrics with which he worked during his years in business, and his outlined forms on the art of patternmaking.   Related Paintings of Hirshfield Morris :. | St Ambrose Converting Theodosius wt | Coming Through the Rye | St Jacobus defeats the Moors. | The Mosque of the Howling Dervishes, near Case el Ali, Cairo. | Landscape with Rainbow |
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