Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Israel Litwak was born in Odessa, then part of Russia. He emigrated to the United States in 1903, settling in Brooklyn and working as a cabinetmaker. He began to paint after retiring at age sixty-eight. Litwak recorded the urban scene as well as place visited on vacations such as the subject shown here. Crawford Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire had often been celebrated by nineteenth-century, but Litwak's image is very much his own invention. "One achieves good painting by imagination, talent, patience and a lot of hard work," he wrote. "I look . . . just to get an idea; then I go home and make it the I want it, not the way it is."
Caption
Israel Litwak American, 1867–1960. Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, 1951. Oil on canvas, 22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nisnewitz, 75.180. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.180.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Crawford Notch, New Hampshire
Date
1951
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "Israel Litwak 1951"
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nisnewitz
Accession Number
75.180
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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