Abeles, Sigmund Morton

(11/6/1934 Brooklyn, NY- ) (USA);

   aka Abeles, Morton Painter and printmaker. Earned an art degree from the University of South Carolina, studied at the Art Student League in NYC, Skowegan School in Maine, and earned a M.F.A. from Columbia University. He has been an art teacher at several schools. Best known as a naturalistic figurative painter, mainly people in ordinary situations, including numerous nudes.

   Reproductions: Betsey in my mother's chair; pastel; Directors, 1988: p. 84 . Their kiss; pastel; 1989; Haught 1992: p. 6 [C].

   Source: AKL I 1992: p. 121s.