In Search of Missing Collection: The Case of Artist Albert Rappaport

The artist Albert Rappaport was born in Anykščiai in 1898. In 1911, the family emigrated to New York. Rappaport became an American citizen in 1925 and began to travel widely. He studied fine art in New York, Paris, Dresden and Munich. He visited South America, Africa and traveled extensively through...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:85b96da0612b44cba4286e95c56c2ddb2021-12-05T14:11:08ZIn Search of Missing Collection: The Case of Artist Albert Rappaport1822-454710.2478/mik-2021-0003https://doaj.org/article/85b96da0612b44cba4286e95c56c2ddb2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2021-0003https://doaj.org/toc/1822-4547The artist Albert Rappaport was born in Anykščiai in 1898. In 1911, the family emigrated to New York. Rappaport became an American citizen in 1925 and began to travel widely. He studied fine art in New York, Paris, Dresden and Munich. He visited South America, Africa and traveled extensively through Europe (1925–1927, 1933, 1937–1939), returning to the United States now and again. The artist participated in several dozen exhibitions. He showed his work in Paris, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Copenhagen, Mexico City, Havana, New York, Calgary and Montreal, in addition to his solo exhibitions in 1937 in Warsaw and Vilnius, and in Kaunas, Riga and Tallinn in 1938. After Rappaport’s death, in March 17, 1969 in Montreal, his collection of artworks disappeared and has thus far not been found. To date, two of his painted portraits are known to exist – one belongs to the private collection of Jonathan C. Rappaport, another is on display at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.Gradinskaitė VilmaSciendoarticlealbert rappaportjewish artlost art collectionlitvaksshtetlanykščiaianikshtmonrealharris rappaportrochl kornFine ArtsNENMeno Istorija ir Kritika, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 31-42 (2021)
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In Search of Missing Collection: The Case of Artist Albert Rappaport
description The artist Albert Rappaport was born in Anykščiai in 1898. In 1911, the family emigrated to New York. Rappaport became an American citizen in 1925 and began to travel widely. He studied fine art in New York, Paris, Dresden and Munich. He visited South America, Africa and traveled extensively through Europe (1925–1927, 1933, 1937–1939), returning to the United States now and again. The artist participated in several dozen exhibitions. He showed his work in Paris, Rome, Florence, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Copenhagen, Mexico City, Havana, New York, Calgary and Montreal, in addition to his solo exhibitions in 1937 in Warsaw and Vilnius, and in Kaunas, Riga and Tallinn in 1938. After Rappaport’s death, in March 17, 1969 in Montreal, his collection of artworks disappeared and has thus far not been found. To date, two of his painted portraits are known to exist – one belongs to the private collection of Jonathan C. Rappaport, another is on display at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.
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title_short In Search of Missing Collection: The Case of Artist Albert Rappaport
title_full In Search of Missing Collection: The Case of Artist Albert Rappaport
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