Eli Jacobi
Eli Jacobi
1898 - 1984
Born 1 May 1898, in Russia; died 1984.
Printmaker, illustrator, painter. Urban scenes.
Eli Jacobi studied in Europe and Asia before moving to the USA in 1920 where he joined the Art Student¹s League in New York. He worked as a WPA artist and contributed illustrations to Nation, Living Age and Saturday Review. Jacobi is above all remembered for his linoleum block prints. He exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ["JACOBI, Eli." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed September 8, 2014, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/benezit/B00401033.]
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