The Art of Symeon
"A loving survey of an artist’s varied career" Kirkus Reviews
Mural by Symeon Shimin
Contemporary Justice and the Child
Tempera on Canvas, 1936-1940
Awarded by competition for the Public Works Arts Project
Department of Justice Building, Washington DC
ABOUT
"I do not know by what mystery or alchemy I was transformed into becoming an artist – painter - when up to the age of eleven years, I wanted above all else to be a musician. However, when I was told in no uncertain terms that I would not be allowed to be one – within a week – I began to draw for the first time in my life – and to this day I never stopped drawing and painting. What makes this event more strange is the fact that from the very beginning I drew as an adult and not as a child. It was people that I wanted to paint – then and now. I was deeply affected not only by our own poverty but by the teeming life around me as well – their haunting faces and their dignity never left me."
-Symeon Shimin
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The Art of Symeon Shimin showcases an intimate view of the artwork of my father Symeon Shimin, a Russian-born Jewish artist. His deep involvement with justice and the human condition were paramount to the way he lived and painted. This first book devoted to his art includes reproductions of over 65 works, his autobiography Metamorphosis and essays by arts writers Josef Woodard and Charles Donelan.
-- Tonia Shimin
The Art of Symeon Shimin
Discussion Groups Rome
Oil on Canvas,1956-1957
Collection of Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
PAINTINGS
Lovers
Drawing on Paper,
c. 1970’s
Portrait of a Young Man
Oil on Canvas, 1964
Woman with Hands at Chest
Oil on Canvas,
1973-1976
The Pack
Oil on Canvas,
1959