Artists » Aaron Bohrod
(1907, Chicago, IL - 1992, Monona, WI)
Aaron Bohrod spent his early career in Chicago where he was born on the West Side.
He was known for a range of work in watercolor and gouache that included realist figures in cityscapes, landscapes, surrealism, and trompe l'oeil painting.
In the late 1920's, Bohrod studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then went to New York City to attend the Art Students League. He returned to his hometown in 1930 and resided there until the move to Wisconsin.
​Influenced strongly by the Social Realism, Bohrod painted city people, utilizing a wide array of styles ranging from a tight, detailed manner to one that was more abstract and sketch like. Many of his paintings captured the neighborhood where he grew up on the North Side of Chicago. They convey the loneliness and poverty of the Depression years.
He spent some time in the South Pacific during World War II as a war artist and in Europe on assignments from "
Aaron Bohrod, Bird
Medium: oil on ceramic
Size: 2"x4" image, 6"x7.5" framed
Price: $950