Young Christ with Phylacteries, 1949 oil on canvas Private Collection
November 21, 2009 – February 28, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, November 21, 6 pm – 8 pm
The Danforth Museum of Art is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Boston Expressionist artist, David Aronson. The exhibit will be on view from November 21, 2009 through February 28, 2010. The exhibit will officially open with a special public reception honoring all winter exhibiting artists on Saturday November 21st, 6-8pm. All are welcome to attend.
About the Artist
David Aronson was born in Shilova, Lithuania in 1923 and immigrated to the United States at the age of six. He has lived and worked in the Boston area for nearly sixty years. While receiving his diploma at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Aronson studied with the innovative, German-born artist Karl Zerbe. In 1955, he was invited by Boston University to direct the emerging visual arts program, which has now become the College of Fine Arts. Subsequently, in 1958 Aronson established the Boston University Art Gallery and was appointed a tenured Professor of Art in 1962.
Aronson’s reputation as an internationally recognized painter and sculptor was quickly established and his work has continued to be exhibited with numerous solo exhibitions in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, among others. His work is represented in over forty museums worldwide. In addition to his exhibitions, Aronson has received numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, election as Academician at the National Academy of Design, New York, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Hebrew College, Newton, Massachusetts.