Richard A. Florsheim

Richard A. Florsheim
Born1916 (1916)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died1979 (aged 62–63)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
EducationLatin School of Chicago
University of Chicago
OccupationsPainter, lithographer, sculptor

Richard A. Florsheim (1916–1979) was an American painter, lithographer, and sculptor.[1][2] His work is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Richard Florsheim was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Chicago in 1916. His father was industrialist and civic leader Leonard S. Florsheim (of the Florsheim family).[6]

From 1923-1934 Richard was a student at the Chicago Latin School, then from 1934-1935 he studied with Aaron Bohrod a renoun American painter in New York. From 1935-1936 he attended the University of Chicago, and in the late 1930's he exhibited with the Salon des Refusés in Paris.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Richard Florsheim, painter, dies". Chicago Tribune. November 22, 1979. p. 79. Retrieved August 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Richard A. Florsheim Papers". Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Syracuse University. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Richard Aberle Florsheim". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Richard A. Florsheim". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Richard A. Florsheim". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "L. S. FLORSHEIM, INDUSTRIALIST, 84; Civic Leader in Chicago and a Hertz Founder Dies", The New York Times, May 23, 1964.
  7. ↑ "Richard Florsheim Biography | Annex Galleries Fine Prints". www.annexgalleries.com. Retrieved 2026-08-02.

Further reading

  • Richard Florsheim: The Artist in His Time. Youngstown, Chicago: Butler Institute of American Art. 1997. ISBN 9781882790166. OCLC 37848251.
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