Aaron Gelman was an American art

American Art

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Gelman was born November 24, 1899 to Jewish

Judaism

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 immigrant parents from Petach Tikva, Palestine

Palestine

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Gelman was a member of the New York School of Painting, of which George Luks

George Luks

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 was the best known member. This school followed the Hudson School of Painting. He worked on oils

Oil painting

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, pastel

Pastel

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s, etching

Etching

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s, drawing

Drawing

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s and sculpture

Sculpture

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s. He was a close friend of fellow artist Harris "Harry" Rodvogin.

Gelman was a WPA

Washington Project for the Arts

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 Artist.

Gelman died in May 1970 in Israel

Israel

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, where he had returned later in life. He was a brother-in-law to Philip Solomon

Philip Solomon

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 uncle to Linda Solomon

Linda Solomon

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, and one of his grandchildren is the actress Kimiko Gelman

Kimiko Gelman

Kimiko Gelman American actress.Gelman is best known for starring in the television series Rags to Riches from 1987 to 1988, where she played the role of Rose...

. His grandfather, Avraham Yaakov Gelman was one of the 11 founding families of Mazkeret Batya (Ekron). These emigrant families came from Ruzhany, with support from the Baron de Rothschild, to settle Moshav Ekron.