Aaron Goodelman

Aaron Goodelman (1890 – 1978) was an American sculptor. He graduated from art school in Odessa, but fled Eastern Europe because of antisemitic violence and immigrated to the United States in 1904. He attended a number of important art schools in New York and Paris, and at the outbreak of World War I returned to New York and became a sculptor there. He joined the Communist Party, and took part in an important exhibition denouncing the lynching of African Americans. After World War II he turned to art related to the Holocaust and taught at CUNY.

Aaron Goodelman

Aaron Goodelman (1890 – 1978) was an American sculptor. He graduated from art school in Odessa, but fled Eastern Europe because of antisemitic violence and immigrated to the United States in 1904. He attended a number of important art schools in New York and Paris, and at the outbreak of World War I returned to New York and became a sculptor there. He joined the Communist Party, and took part in an important exhibition denouncing the lynching of African Americans. After World War II he turned to art related to the Holocaust and taught at CUNY.