Background
Levy, Alexander Oscar was born on May 26, 1881 in Bonn, Germany. Son of Julius and Regina (Berger) Levy.
Levy, Alexander Oscar was born on May 26, 1881 in Bonn, Germany. Son of Julius and Regina (Berger) Levy.
Student Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1894-1899, New York School of Fine and Applied Art, 1902-1908.
1 son, Allan James; married second, Edna H. Minken, 1941. Began as artist during the Spanish American War portraying war scenes for newspapers and magazines Later entered commercial advertising field in New York and Buffalo.
Conducting own studios as designer, artist and stylist since 1918.
Published a portfolio of Auto-Lithographs of Cartoons on World War. Illustrated the West Point Year Books, 1934, 1935.
Represented in print collections at Denver Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, Peabody Institute of Baltimore, Detroit Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum. The Life of Saint Mary (murals), Saint Mary's Church, Batavia, New York, 1940.
Also murals and church decorations in Buffalo and Rochester.
Member Buffalo Society of Artists (ex-president), Buffalo Society of Artists, Society for Sanity in Art of Chicago. Club: Greater Buffalo Advertising.
Married Mayme Haas, February 18, 1904 (died 1940). Married second, Edna H. Minken, 1941.