Alfred Levitt

Alfred Levitt (August 15, 1894 - May 25, 2000), born Avraham Levitt in Starodub, Russian Empire, was a painter and an expert on prehistoric art who migrated to the United States in 1911 and was made a Chevalier of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the government of France for his studies of paleolithic cave paintings.[1]

For the American film and television screenwriter, see Alfred Lewis Levitt.

Alfred Levitt

Levitt was an anarchist[2] whose friends included radicals Emma Goldman and Jack London as well as artist Marcel Duchamp.[3]

Twenty of his works are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[4] He was also a MacDowell Colony Fellow in 1956.[5] His papers are now in the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.[6]

References
  1. "Notable Immigrants G--L - Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)".
  2. "Alfred". Pacific Street Films. March 2, 2010 – via Open WorldCat.
  3. "FILMOGRAPHY".
  4. "Works by Alfred Levitt at The Met". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  5. "Alfred Levitt - Artist". MacDowell.
  6. "Alfred Levitt papers, 1920-1984 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu.

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