Background
Cheffetz, Asa was born on August 16, 1896 in Buffalo. Son of Abraham and Anna (Solomon) Cheffetz.
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Asa Cheffetz
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Student Art Museum School, Boston, 1915-1917, National Academy of Design, New York, 1917-1919.
Career
In business, 1920-1928. Resumed work in graphic arts, 1928. Works in permanent collections in the Baltimore Museum Art, Newark Museum Art, New York Public Library, Cleveland Museum Art, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Smithsonian Institution, Wesleyan University (print collection), Los Angeles Museum, Springfield (Massachusetts) City Library, also at Art Museum (Springfield), American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Washington County Museum (Hagerstown, Maryland.), Honolulu Academy Fine Arts, State Art Collection (Warsaw, Poland), Print collection Princeton University, Art Collection of Carnegie Institute, Wiggin Collection, Boston Public Library.
Works chosen for exhibition at Century of Progress Exposition, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Royal Academy and Victoria and Albert Museum (London).
American Prints in Sweden and Norway, Paris World’s Fair, 1938, New York World’s Fair, 1939.
Achievements
Membership
Served in United States Navy, World War. Member of executive board American Committee of Engraving. Member Audubon Artists, Print Makers California, Philadelphia Water Color.
Club: Salmagundi.
Connections
Married Alice Dorr, June 11, 1950.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Awarded gold medal Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1928. 1st prize International Bookplate Competition, Los Angeles Museum, 1934. 2d prize International Print Exhibit, World’s Fair, 1934.tempSpace1st prize American Block Print Exhibit, Print Club, Philadelphia, 1935. Honorable mention International Exhibition Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1929-1932. Diploma of honor 2d International Exhibition of Wood-Engraving, Warsaw, 1936.tempSpaceHonorable mention American Block Print Exhibit, Print Club, Philadelphia, 1939-1940. Purchase prize Exhibition American Prints, Library of Congress, 1943. Honorable mention Exhibition American Prints, Philadelphia, 1944.tempSpacePurchase prize National Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, 1944, 45. Fifty Prints of Year, 1944. Purchase prize Exhibition American Prints, New York, 1946.tempSpaceIllustrator An Almanac for Moderns, 1937. Designer, engraver Official Bookplate for Library of Congress, 1944.Awarded gold medal Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1928. 1st prize International Bookplate Competition, Los Angeles Museum, 1934. 2d prize International Print Exhibit, World’s Fair, 1934.tempSpace1st prize American Block Print Exhibit, Print Club, Philadelphia, 1935.
Honorable mention International Exhibition Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1929-1932. Diploma of honor 2d International Exhibition of Wood-Engraving, Warsaw, 1936.tempSpaceHonorable mention American Block Print Exhibit, Print Club, Philadelphia, 1939-1940. Purchase prize Exhibition American Prints, Library of Congress, 1943.
Honorable mention Exhibition American Prints, Philadelphia, 1944.tempSpacePurchase prize National Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, 1944, 45. Fifty Prints of Year, 1944. Purchase prize Exhibition American Prints, New York, 1946.tempSpaceIllustrator An Almanac for Moderns, 1937.
Designer, engraver Official Bookplate for Library of Congress, 1944.