Chaim Gross Studio Museum

Studio space at The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation

The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, formerly known as the Chaim Gross Studio Museum , is a non-profit organization dedicated to Chaim Gross' work, located in the sculptor's former home on LaGuardia Place in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood.[1] In addition to the artist's sculpture and drawings,[2] it also contains more than five hundred pieces of art that the artist and his family collected.

The townhouse was built in the 1830s and was converted to an industrial loft in the 1880s. The Gross family converted it back into a residential space in 1963.[3] The bottom two floors of the townhouse make up the museum with the third floor remaining as it was when Chaim Gross and his wife, Renee, lived in the house. The first floor is a permanent installation of the Gross' sculpture from the 1920s through the 1980s, and the second floor includes changing exhibits as well as the museum's library and archives.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Chaim Gross Studio Museum". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  2. 1 2 "Community Cornerstones: The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation". Off The Grid. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  3. ↑ Bregman, Alexandra (2012-08-30). "The Renee and Chaim Gross Townhouse: Art and the Home". Untapped Cities. Retrieved 2014-03-23.

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Coordinates: 40°43′43″N 73°59′56″W / 40.72848°N 73.99888°W / 40.72848; -73.99888


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