American, 1894-1963
Old Farmhouse, c.1935-1943
Oil on canvas
23 1/2” x 29 1/4 ”
The Brooklyn College Library Collection
Ben Galos was born Berel Goloschin in Vitebsk, Belarus, and immigrated to New York with his family at the age of nineteen. He studied at the National Academy of Design and although he exhibited his work widely in New York, he appears to have remained poor and single his entire life. Best known for his cityscapes, Galos’s work also includes portraits and landscapes. Galos painted this pristine farmhouse while in the employ of the WPA.
