Background
Refregier, Anton was born on March 20, 1905 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Anton and Valentina (Besekirsky) Refregier.
Refregier, Anton was born on March 20, 1905 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Anton and Valentina (Besekirsky) Refregier.
Student sculpture Vasilief, Paris, France, 1920. Student Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1920-1925. Studied painting with Hans Hoffman, Munich, Germany, 1927.
Designer Erika Mann’s review Peppermill, Chanin Theater, New York City, 1937. One-man shows American Counseling Association Gallery, New York City, 1942, 45, 49, 53, 58, 61, 63, 65, 68. Designer, decorator Cafe Society Uptown, nightclub, New York City, 1942.
Murals in post office Plainfield, New Jersey, 1943, South.S. Lurline, 1949, South.S. Independence and South.S. Constitution, 1951.
Special assignments Fortune, Red Book, What’s New. Artist correspondent Fortune, United Nations Orgnl.
Conference in San Francisco, 1945. Visiting professor paintings, drawing Stanford, 1949.
Visiting professor U. Arkansas, 1952.
Professor painting Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1962-1964. An instructor mural painting American Artists School, New York City, also Cleveland School Fine Arts, designer industrial textiles, ceramics. Painter mural Phoenix Insurance Company, 1951, Hillcrest Jewish Center, Long Island, 1953, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1954, Covington Fabrics, New York City, 1954, U. Kentucky, P.S. 146, Bronx, Tokeneke School, Darien Connecticut.
Tapestries Sheraton Cleveland Hotel, Ratron Manufacturing Company, Bowery Savings Bank, New York City.
Mosaic, Hotel Americana, Florida. Mural Watson Hall, Syracuse University.
Film Manitoba of Artist Also paintings in collections Whitney Museum American Art, Waler Art Center, Minneapolis, Metropolitan Museum, Museum Modern Art, Butler The Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, San Francisco Museum Art, Oakland (California) Museum, also others
Exhibited American Counseling Association Gallery, 1959, in Detroit, 1961, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1962, Moscow Museum Fine Arts, Hermitage, Leningrad, 1966, exhibition “Chile” in Moscow, other cities in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1978. Mosaics, ceramic murals (including Kingston High School 1978), incidental decorative pieces, public private structures.
Board of directors Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial for Scholarships in Mural Painting, 1976-1979.
Member National Society Mural Painters, Artists Equity, National Academy of Design, Woodstock Artists Association, World Peace Council. Lecturer Stockholm, Moscow, Sofia, Berlin, Bucharest, 1959-1960.
Married Lila Kelly; children: Anton, Brigit, Aleksandre, Came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1930.