Bernard Baruch Zakheim Sold at Auction 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).

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    • Paintings, Bernard Zakheim
      May. 21, 2022

      Paintings, Bernard Zakheim

      Est: $300 - $500

      (lot of 2) Bernard Zakheim (American, 1896-1985), "Harvest Wheat," 1930, oil on canvas and charcoal study, painting signed and dated lower right/center, largest overall (with frame): 33.5"h x 30"w. Note: Zakheim studied alongside Diego Rivera and participated in the creation of the murals of Coit Tower (San Francisco, CA).

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    • Paintings, Bernard Zakheim
      Apr. 23, 2022

      Paintings, Bernard Zakheim

      Est: $500 - $700

      (lot of 2) Bernard Zakheim (American, 1896-1985), "Harvest Wheat," 1930, oil on canvas and charcoal study, painting signed and dated lower right/center, largest overall (with frame): 33.5"h x 30"w. Note: Zakheim studied alongside Diego Rivera and participated in the creation of the murals of Coit Tower (San Francisco, CA).

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    • Sculpture, Bernard Zakheim
      Oct. 17, 2021

      Sculpture, Bernard Zakheim

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      Bernard Zakheim (American, 1896-1985), "Angry Moses," 1953, terracotta sculpture on wooden base, signed and dated verso, exhibition label (San Francisco Art Assoc. 73rd Annual Painting and Sculpture exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art ,1954) affixed verso, inscribed verso, sculpture: 12"h x 4.25"w x 1.75"d, overall (with base): 15.75"h x 11"w x 5.5"d. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Note: Zakheim was an early American artist who worked on the murals of Coit Tower (San Francisco, CA).

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    • Bernard Baruch Zakheim (1896-1985 San Francisco, CA)
      Jun. 18, 2013

      Bernard Baruch Zakheim (1896-1985 San Francisco, CA)

      Est: $500 - $700

      Early 20th Century Mexican mural design, figures in a Mexican colonnade, signed, inscribed and dated lower right: Bernard Zakheim Mexico 1930 design for a mural, watercolor and ink on paper under glass, sight size: 13.5'' H x 19'' W, est: $500/700. Note: Bernard Zakheim was an important and controversial artist whose paintings, murals and sculptures championed socialism and explored themes of human dignity. A Warsaw native who grew up in a Hasidic family, Zakheim studied fine art extensively in Poland and Germany and fought against Germany in World War I for an independent Polish state. Immigrating to San Francisco in 1921, he settled in the vibrant Jewish community of the Fillmore District where he would remain, except for studies in Paris and Mexico, until his death in 1985 (R. Shaw, ''San Francisco Activist, Artist Bernard Zakheim in Culturally Vital Show at Jazz Heritage Center'', 18 October 2010, www.beyondchron.org). Developing a friendship with Diego Rivera, Zakheim spent a year in Mexico around 1930 studying and working with him. The present work from this Mexican period strongly resembles Rivera's murals in the overall composition and the stylized and layered narrative treatment of the figures. Zakheim's time in Mexico launched a successful career highlighted by important mural commissions including ''Jewish Wedding'', painted for the new San Francisco Jewish Community Center in 1933, and ''Library'', a controversial mural commissioned for the Coit Tower in 1934. Zakheim also oversaw the entire mural program for Coit Tower.

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