| LC control no. | no 89006862 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hirshfield, Morris, 1872-1946 |
| Birth date | 1872 |
| Death date | 1946 |
| Place of birth | Poland |
| Place of death | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Outsider art Painting |
| Profession or occupation | Outsider artists Painters |
| Found in | Saroyan, W. Morris Hirshfield, 1975: t.p. (Morris Hirshfield) p. 127 (b. Poland 1872, emigrated to U.S. 1890, d. NYC 1946; American primitive painter) LC in OCLC, 5-12-89 (hdg.: Hirshfield, Morris, 1872-1946) Outsider art sourcebook, 2016: page 119 (Morris Hirshfield 1876-1946 ; born in Poland ; emigrated to the US when he was 18 ; took up painting as a pasttime) National Gallery of Art web site, September 19, 2019: (Morris Hirshfield ; Born 1872, Western Poland ; Died 1946, Brooklyn, New York ; Before he began to paint in 1937, Morris Hirshfield owned a business manufacturing women's coats and suits as well as an extremely successful company that produced bedroom slippers) <https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/morris-hirshfield.html> |
| Associated language | eng pol |
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