Walkowitz was born to Jewish parents in Tyumen, Siberia. Walkowitz was known for his watercolors, especially of the dancer Isadora Duncan. Duncan was a Modernist dancer, much in the same way Abraham Walktowitz was a Modernist painter. Walkowitz produced a large body of drawings and paintings. Walkowitz is a lesser known Modernist artist. In addition to his recurring subject Isadora Duncan, Walkowitz was known for his cityscapes, which were also very abstract for the time period.
Isadora Duncan was an American born dancer who was thrown out of the country for her sympathy to the Soviet Union. She died in a freak accident. Duncan was a leader in moving dancing away from something up tight and rigid to more natural and free flowing types of moves. She moved to Europe and taught her style of dancing to many followers. Duncan enjoyed wearing long neck scarves. One day she was a passenger in a car that was involved in an auto accident. Her scarf became caught in the wheel spokes a tire, and snapped her neck and she died.
Walkowitz met Duncan as she was visiting the studio of painter Auguste Rodin.
Walkowitz was a great acquaintance of Alfred Steiglitz, the husband of Georgia O’Keefe. Walkowitz used his connections to show his work with other Modernist style painters in the gallery of Steiglitz in New York City.
Price range information: Works range from $1,000 to $60,000. Walkowitz worked in pencil, watercolours, and oils.
For his artistic education the artist attended the Academie Julien located in Paris, France. Walkowitz also attended the National Academy of Design.
In this clip many watercolours by Abraham Walkowitz and his favorite muse, Isadora Duncan:
What a great modernist painter!
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