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Jacob Moses Semiatin (1915–2003) was an American landscape and abstract expressionist painter. His works from the 1930s and 1940s, were watercolors of countryside and industrial settings, while his later works were abstract. He also painted with acrylics and oils. His work and home life centered around New York City.
Jacob Semiatin was born on April 10, 1915 [1] to Polish Jewish Parents Herman Semiatin (Semiatitzki) and Sarah Moidovnik in the Portobello region of Dublin, Ireland. [2] [3]: 3 He emigrated to America in 1920 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, landing at Ellis Island. [4] [5] Both Jacob and his brother Lionel were artistic; Jacob being a visual artist and Lionel a musician and an award-winning composer. [6]
Semiatin married Ludmila Rosanfeld in 1954. [7] He lived in Manhattan from 1993 until his death. [8] [9] Semiatin died in New York City on August 28, 2003. [9]
Semiatin's watercolors of the 1930s and 1940s depict scenes of urban and industrial life, as well as bucolic landscapes. John I.H. Baur, Curator of Painting at the Brooklyn Museum, encouraged Semiatin to exhibit his paintings in group shows at the museum, which he did on several occasions. [10] [11] [2]: 8 Semiatin also became a member of the Brooklyn Society of Artists. [12]
During World War II, Semiatin was a private in the army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York. [3] While stationed in Arkansas, Semiatin painted many rural landscapes in the Blytheville and Amorel areas. [13] [2]: 8
Upon his return to New York City after the war, Semiatin began to paint landscapes and portraits in a more abstract style. These paintings were exhibited at Contemporary Arts Gallery at the end of December, 1957 to the first part of January, 1958. [14] Jacob Semiatin's landscape painting technique was described in The Art Digest , in part, as “Vigorous jottings of the brush activate watercolors which aim at landscape abbreviations." [15] John Ashbery of Art News declared, in part, that "Semiatin shows brisk, cheerful abstract watercolors in which a few strokes of blue and green suffice to give the feeling of a landscape." [16]
In the late 1950s Semiatin immersed himself in the art movement of Abstract Expressionism. [2]: 12 His paintings became completely abstract and nonobjective. Semiatin's one-man show of abstract watercolors at Galerie Internationale was reviewed by Stuart Preston of The New York Times in 1962, stating in part that, "Liveliness is all, but a word must be said both for ingratiating color and a knowing way with the medium." [17] According to his obituary in The New York Times, "his works hang in museums and private collections around the world." [18] For instance, the watercolor Street Scene in Blytheville (1942) is among the collection of the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. [19] [13]
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, white, 25, Brooklyn, New York; date of birth April 10, 1915 in Dublin, Ireland; registered for the draft on October 16, 1940 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York; employed by Berlow, Shane & Company
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, white, single, rank private, birth year is 1915, born in Irish Free State, citizen of the United States, lived in Kings, New York, 4 years of college, semiskilled occupations in fabrication of textile products, enlisted October 17, 1941, enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York
Record information: Jacob Semiatin; age 5; Polish ethnicity; born about 1915 in Dublin, Ireland; last residence Dublin, Ireland; departed from Liverpool, England; arrived July 12, 1920 at New York, New York; to live permanently, person in old country S. Semiatin, uncle, London, England; Person in the U.S. Rabbi B. Rosen; ship name Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Record information:Jacob Semiattin, marriage license 1954, Ludmila Rosanfeld; license number 15799; Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Record info: Jacob Semiatin; residence years 1993-2002; 150 W 79Th St, New York, New York, 10024-6431
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, birth 10 Apr 1915; Social Security Card issued before 1951; last residence: 10024, New York, New York; death date 28 Aug 2003
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Jacob Moses Semiatin (1915–2003) was an American landscape and abstract expressionist painter. His works from the 1930s and 1940s, were watercolors of countryside and industrial settings, while his later works were abstract. He also painted with acrylics and oils. His work and home life centered around New York City.
Jacob Semiatin was born on April 10, 1915 [1] to Polish Jewish Parents Herman Semiatin (Semiatitzki) and Sarah Moidovnik in the Portobello region of Dublin, Ireland. [2] [3]: 3 He emigrated to America in 1920 aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, landing at Ellis Island. [4] [5] Both Jacob and his brother Lionel were artistic; Jacob being a visual artist and Lionel a musician and an award-winning composer. [6]
Semiatin married Ludmila Rosanfeld in 1954. [7] He lived in Manhattan from 1993 until his death. [8] [9] Semiatin died in New York City on August 28, 2003. [9]
Semiatin's watercolors of the 1930s and 1940s depict scenes of urban and industrial life, as well as bucolic landscapes. John I.H. Baur, Curator of Painting at the Brooklyn Museum, encouraged Semiatin to exhibit his paintings in group shows at the museum, which he did on several occasions. [10] [11] [2]: 8 Semiatin also became a member of the Brooklyn Society of Artists. [12]
During World War II, Semiatin was a private in the army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York. [3] While stationed in Arkansas, Semiatin painted many rural landscapes in the Blytheville and Amorel areas. [13] [2]: 8
Upon his return to New York City after the war, Semiatin began to paint landscapes and portraits in a more abstract style. These paintings were exhibited at Contemporary Arts Gallery at the end of December, 1957 to the first part of January, 1958. [14] Jacob Semiatin's landscape painting technique was described in The Art Digest , in part, as “Vigorous jottings of the brush activate watercolors which aim at landscape abbreviations." [15] John Ashbery of Art News declared, in part, that "Semiatin shows brisk, cheerful abstract watercolors in which a few strokes of blue and green suffice to give the feeling of a landscape." [16]
In the late 1950s Semiatin immersed himself in the art movement of Abstract Expressionism. [2]: 12 His paintings became completely abstract and nonobjective. Semiatin's one-man show of abstract watercolors at Galerie Internationale was reviewed by Stuart Preston of The New York Times in 1962, stating in part that, "Liveliness is all, but a word must be said both for ingratiating color and a knowing way with the medium." [17] According to his obituary in The New York Times, "his works hang in museums and private collections around the world." [18] For instance, the watercolor Street Scene in Blytheville (1942) is among the collection of the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. [19] [13]
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, white, 25, Brooklyn, New York; date of birth April 10, 1915 in Dublin, Ireland; registered for the draft on October 16, 1940 at Brooklyn, Kings, New York; employed by Berlow, Shane & Company
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, white, single, rank private, birth year is 1915, born in Irish Free State, citizen of the United States, lived in Kings, New York, 4 years of college, semiskilled occupations in fabrication of textile products, enlisted October 17, 1941, enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York
Record information: Jacob Semiatin; age 5; Polish ethnicity; born about 1915 in Dublin, Ireland; last residence Dublin, Ireland; departed from Liverpool, England; arrived July 12, 1920 at New York, New York; to live permanently, person in old country S. Semiatin, uncle, London, England; Person in the U.S. Rabbi B. Rosen; ship name Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Record information:Jacob Semiattin, marriage license 1954, Ludmila Rosanfeld; license number 15799; Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Record info: Jacob Semiatin; residence years 1993-2002; 150 W 79Th St, New York, New York, 10024-6431
Record information: Jacob Semiatin, birth 10 Apr 1915; Social Security Card issued before 1951; last residence: 10024, New York, New York; death date 28 Aug 2003
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