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Antique Signed Engraving by Morris Topchevsky

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
Antique Signed Engraving by Morris Topchevsky
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Antique Signed Mexican Engraving ''Dance of Guadalupe'' by Morris Topchevsky (Russian-American, 1899-1947), on heavy paper, measures 17'' x 12.5'', title signed in pencil in lower lefthand corner ''Dance of Guadalupe'' and author signed in lower righthand corner M. Topchevsky, Artist Bio: Morris Topchevsky was born in 1899 in Russia. He died in Chicago in 1947 from an illness contracted in Mexico. Morris began as an expressionist and traveled to Mexico in 1923. There he met and studied with Diego Rivera at the San Carlos Academy of Mexico City until the 1930's. He served as a lecturer for the American Cultural Relations Committee to Latin America. Returning to Chicago he became a WPA artist and a resident Chicago Hull House artist under the direction of Jane Addams. He is credited with painting the WPA mural Development of Man at the Abraham Lincoln Center in Chicago and WPA murals in other Chicago area public buildings. Morris worked in water color, oils and engravings. Many of his works are not signed. He usually signed his work in pencil 'Morris Topchevsky'.