Arthur Herschel Lidov (1917-1990)

About the Artist

Education: University of Chicago BA in 1936 and a Graduate Fellow in Art History.
WPA: Murals and Sculptures Commissions 1939
Select Exhibitions: Art Institute of Chicago, 1933, 1934, 1941.
Pineapple Gallery, 1943
National Academy of Art, 1958.
Museum of Modern Art, 1962.
J. Walter Thompson Gallery, 1964.
Awards: Art Director’s Club Award, 1952, 1953, and 1959.
Illustrator’s Club, NY, 1963, 1973, and 1974.
American Institute of Graphic Arts Award, 1963.

Arthur Lidov had a large working studio in Manhattan’s East 60’s. He had an interesting neighbor who also had his working studio right next door; Mark Rothko. A sad fact, was that Arthur Lidov, who had such a vast medical knowledge, examined Rothko after his tragic 1970 suicide and pronounced him dead. Though Rothko was completely Abstract and Arthur Lidov wholly figurative, both got along very well and discussed art for hours on end. At this time, Arthur was the foremost medical illustrator in the country. His portraits grace the covers of The American Mercury. He has additionally created covers for The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers and Fortune Magazine.