Arthur Zaidenberg

Arthur Zaidenberg
Born1903 (1903)
New York, New York
Died1990 (aged 86–87)
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
EducationArt Students League of New York,National Academy of Design
SpouseAnyone can Draw

Arthur Zaidenberg (1903–1990) was an American painter and author. He is best known as the author of the book Anyone can Draw which was published in 1938.

Zaidenberg was born in New York City. Sources differ on his birth year. While the many sources list 1908 as his birth year, 1903 is listed as frequently, and The New York Times obituary lists his death age as 88, which confirms a 1903 birth year.

Zaidenberg attended the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design, the Beaux-Arts de Paris, and other European schools. He went on to teach at New York University, where he was the first professor there to use nude models.

Zaidenberg created illustrations for the Index of American Design. These illustrations are part of the collection in the National Gallery of Art. In 1938 his book Anyone can Draw was published.

During World War II, Zaidenberg served in the United States Army Signal Corps. He lived in Woodstock, New York for several decades, and spent the last years of his life in an art colony in Mexico. Zaidenberg died in San Miguel de Allende in 1990.

His work is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arthur Zaidenberg". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Zaidenberg, Arthur". Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Zaidenberg, Arthur". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Arthur Zaidenberg Artwork for Sale at Online Auction". Invaluable. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Arthur Zaidenberg". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Anyone can draw!". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Arthur Zaidenberg". Open Library. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  8. ↑ "Zaidenberg, Arthur (1908-)". Trove. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Arthur Zaidenberg; Artist, 88". The New York Times. 19 April 1990. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
  10. ↑ "Arthur Zaidenberg. Drawing Self-Taught. — New York, 1954". Tehne. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "Street Scene". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 27 October 2026.

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