biography of Louis Goodman FERSTADT (1900-1954)

Birth place: Ukraine, Russia

Death place: NYC

Addresses: New York 27, NY

Profession: Painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer, teacher, graphic artist, lecturer, engraver

Studied: H.I. Stickroth; K.H. Miller; ASL

Exhibited: Salons of Am., 1927, 1930; AIC; BM, 1932 (solo); ACA Gal., 1935 (solo); Hudson Walker Gal., 1939 (solo); WFNY, 1939; WMAA; MMA; MModA; BM; Carnegie Inst.; NAD; PAFA; Soc. Indp. A.; & in international exh.

Member: ASL; Mural P.; Am. A. Cong.; Mural Ar. Gld.

Work: Walker Art Center; WMAA; Tel-Aviv Mus., Palestine; Biro-Bidjan, Russia; murals, Hunter College.; radio station WNYC; RCA Bldg., NY; ; ASL; NYPL; Queens Public Library; New Rochelle Public Library.; murals, 8th Ave. Subway Station

Comments: Illustrator of Peek-a-Boo, juvenile book, 1931. Position: A. Staff, Chicago Tribune; A. Dir., Fox Features Syndicate; A. Dir., Ed., W., comic books. Inventor of: Collapsible Mural, Revolving Mural, Electro Mural, Motion Mural.

Sources: WW53; WW47.