Bernard Baruch Zakheim Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1896 - d. 1985

Bernard Baruch Zakheim (1896-1965) was a painter, sculptor, muralist and teacher best known for his 1934 social realist mural at Coit Tower in San Francisco. During the 1930s he did several murals for the Public Works Art Project. After 1941 he lived on a farm in Sebastopol, CA, producing oils, watercolors, frescoes, and sculptures of Jewish and historical genre in a style influenced by German Expressionism. Zakheim was a member of the San Francisco Art Association, American Artists Congress, and the California Society of Mural Artists. He exhibited at Mills College, 1930; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1932; Oakland Art Gallery, 1934; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1935 (1st prize); San Francisco Art Association, 1935 (medal) 1936, 1940 (medal); Golden Gate International Exhibition, 1939; U.S. Treasury Dept., 1940; San Diego Traveling Exhibition, 1940; Washington State Fair, 1946; Atrium Gallery (Santa Rosa), 1964 (prize); SF Arts Festival, 1984 (award).