Michael Sarisky

Michael Aloysius Sarisky was an Ohio artist who lived from 1906 to 1974. Known for portraits and still lifes, his work was collected by the Cleveland Museum of Art.[1] He was commissioned to provide several public works in and around Cleveland Ohio, including the City Airport and the Garfield Memorial (see reference below). He also painted a mural for the Barnesville, Ohio, Post Office [2] .[3] He was once married to Isabel Wilson. Michael and Isabel divorced, and Isabel Wilson married Roy Lichtenstein (full name Roy Fox Lichtenstein), the American pop artist.

References

  1. "Auction #247 catalogue". Dargate Auction Galleries LLC. October 29–30, 2005. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  2. Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984
  3. American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp 623 - 658


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