Background
Greenburg, Samuel was born on June 23, 1905 in Uman, Western Ukraine, Europe. Son of Isaac Samuel and Nadia (Antonow) Greenburg.
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Samuel Greenburg
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Samuel Greenburg, Ukrainian graphic artist, painter. Awarded first prize for war poster, Chicago Art Institute, 1942, 2d prize (oil painting) Illinois State Fair, 1956; purchase prize Union League Club, 1972. Member of Renaissance Society, Chicago Society Artists (director; Club: American Jewish Arts (6 painting awards 1954-1979).
Education
Graduate Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem, 1927. Student Academie Andre Lhote, Paris, 1927-1928. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1944, Master of Arts, 1946.
Career
Exhibited: Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago International Watercolor Shows, 1935, 36, and others, including Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia Print Club, Library of Congress, New York World Fair, 1939, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, 1942. San Francisco Museum, 1942, Illinois State Museum, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn Art Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, others One-man show, Creative gallery New York City, 1951, 53.
Room Chicago Art, The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago, 1947.
Hillel Foundation at Northwestern University, 1960. Executed murals for Chocolate Products Company, Chicago, 1937.
Represented in collections: The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Bezalel Art Museum, Jerusalem, Library of Congress (print), Washington, art museums of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ein Harod, Lochamei Hagettaot Museum, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Judah L. Maynes Museum, Berkeley, California, Board Jewish Education, Chicago, others art instructor, Tuley High School, 1934-1962. Supreme, art district 8 Chicago Board of Education, 1962-1970.
Supervisor of art Board of Jewish Education, Chicago, 1949-1951.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Renaissance Society, Chicago Society Artists (director Club: American Jewish Arts (6 painting awards 1954-1979).
Connections
Married Leah Rozalsky, July 3, 1928. Children: Daniel, Naomi.
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Died
February 23, 1980 (aged 74) -
Resting place
Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois -
Nationality
Ukrainian -
Ethnicity
Awards
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Awarded first prize for war poster, Chicago Art Institute, 1942, 2d prize (oil painting) Illinois State Fair, 1956. Purchase prize Union League Club, 1972.Awarded first prize for war poster, Chicago Art Institute, 1942, 2d prize (oil painting) Illinois State Fair, 1956. Purchase prize Union League Club, 1972.