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Louis Ribak
1902–1979
WA-00047189
Ruzhany, Belarus
PaintingSocial Realism
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10
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- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
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- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Louis Ribak was an American painter who worked across social realist and abstract idioms, establishing himself as a key figure in the Taos Moderns. Active in the mid-twentieth century, his practice bridged figurative narrative and formal abstraction, reflecting the artistic ferment of the American Southwest. Ribak's engagement with both social content and modernist structure positioned him within the broader currents of American modernism during a period of significant stylistic transition.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 12d ago
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Social Realism
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Art Institute of Chicago
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