The Peggy Society Invites You to a Tour and Reception at
The Chaim Gross Foundation
Thursday, June 1, 6:30 - 8pm
Please join the Peggy Society for a private tour of the
Chaim Gross Foundation
Led by Sasha Davis (Interim Director & Curator of Collections) and hosted by PGC alumna Lauren Shadford Breismeister.
The tour of the studio and residence will be followed by a reception with drinks and light snacks.
526 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
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Excerpts From The Chaim Gross Foundation Website:
"Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was a modern American sculptor who worked in New York City from 1921 until his death in 1991. Studying at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (1922-25), Gross began exhibiting his works in 1922 at the Alliance and at the Art Students League in 1926, with sculptor Robert Laurent. Starting in 1928, he exhibited at the Whitney Studio Club at 10 West 8th Street (the precursor to the Whitney Museum of American Art), showing a watercolor "Circus" in their 13th Annual Exhibition of Paintings. In the 1950s Gross began to make bronze sculptures alongside his wood and stone pieces. In 1959, a survey of Gross's sculpture in wood, stone, and bronze was featured in the exhibit Four American Expressionists curated by Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1963, Gross and his family moved from their longtime residence at 30 W. 105th Street to Greenwich Village, following the purchase of a four-story historic townhouse at 526 LaGuardia Place, which is now the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation.
First established in 1974 with donations from over two dozen close friends and supporters of Gross."
"Opening its doors to the public in 1994, The Foundation stewards an extensive collection of over 10,000 objects that includes Gross's sculptures, drawings, and prints; a photographic archive; and Gross's large personal collection of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, American, and European art that remains installed in the townhouse as Gross had it during his lifetime. Since 2009 the Foundation has organized original exhibitions both onsite and at local and national venues on Chaim Gross and the history of American art."