Background
Menkes, Sigmund Josef was born on May 6, 1896 in Lwow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1948. Son of Marcus and Rose (Elb) Menkes.
Menkes, Sigmund Josef was born on May 6, 1896 in Lwow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1948. Son of Marcus and Rose (Elb) Menkes.
Graduate, Higher Institute Art Decorations, 1914. Graduate, Academy Fine Art, 1919.
Restoration of murals, churches of Poland, 1912-1914. One-man exhibitions, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, 1921-1935. Paintings exhibited permanent collections Metropolitan Museum Art, Wichita, Kansas, Museum Art, Murdock Collections, Museum Fine Arts, Cranbrook, Bloomfield, Michigan, Museum Jeu de Paume, Paris, NAt.
Museum, Warsaw, Plians, National Museum, Belgrade, NAt. Museum, Tel-Aviv, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, British, Abbott laboratories, WhitneyMus. American Art, other private collections United States, Europe.
Fellow International Institute ARts and Letters (life). Member Salon D'Automne, Salon De Tuilleries, Salon Independent (Paris), Federation Modern Painters and Sculptors (president 1942-1943).
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Married Stasia Theodora Weiss, December 1928.