1943 HANANIAH HARARI

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As some of you may know, HANANIAH HARARI was one of the village's most notable residents. We stumbled upon this 1943 bit on his work from THE ART NEWS. CLICK ON THE IMAGE below.

For those who are unfamiliar, Harari--born Richard Falk Goldman---was a well-known artist and teacher. In the 1940s he produced artwork for the covers of magazines, including Fortune. He also contributed cartoons to The New Masses, which led to his being blacklisted (or in today's parlance, CANCELLED) in the 1950s during the McCarthy era. Harari taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan from 1974 to 1990, and at the Art Students League from 1984 to 1999, where most of his classes were filled to capacity. He stopped teaching when he could no longer see. With the Reagan presidency, his political leanings became increasingly conservative. A patriot to the end, and per his request, his coffin was draped with the American flag. HERE'S A LINK TO A CIRCA 1960 PHOTO IN HIS CROTON STUDIO:

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/hananiah-harari-his-studio-7962

YOU CAN SEE A FLYER FROM 2014 EXHIBIT AT THE UNITARIANS AT EverythingCroton: MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES HANANIAH HARARI, GLORIA SWANSON, AND GEORGE BIDDLE