Benjamin Abramowitz

Benjamin Abramowitz was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose works span almost 70 years. First recognized for his contributions at age 19 as senior artist with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in New York City, he was among the most respected Washington, DC, artists of the past century.

By the age of 35 his work was featured in 13 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries, including the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, as well as scores of group shows. His paintings, sculptures and works on paper are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, Newark Art Museum, Georgetown University, the U.S. Department of State, the Montgomery County Maryland Art Trust, and the Archives of American Art, among others. Numerous works are in private collections.

Since 2004, his daughter, Susan Abramowitz Rosenbaum, took over the documentation, preservation, and exhibitions of his collection of artworks. In recent years, his work has been featured in four solo exhibitions, in U.S. embassies of the Republic of Congo and Sarajevo, and in a national touring exhibition. His lifework experiences have also been celebrated in a recording on the BBC Radio in 2017.