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SUMMARY:Norman Raeben and Bob Dylan: A Lecture by Fabio Fantuzzi
DESCRIPTION:Bob Dylan once said that Norman Raeben “put my mind and my hand and my eye together\, in a way that allowed me to do consciously what I unconsciously felt… [He] didn’t teach you so much how to draw … he looked into you and told you what you were.” From late March to August 1974\, Dylan made the daily journey uptown to Raeben’s eleventh-floor studio above Carnegie Hall\, developing a visual approach to writing that shaped seminal albums like Blood on the Tracks\, Desire\, and Street Legal. Reflecting on that creative period in a 1991 interview\, Dylan added: “That was my painting period… that’s like taking a brush and painting those songs onto a canvas.”\nFabio Fantuzzi explores the work and influence of Norman Raeben (1901–1978)\, a remarkable yet long-overlooked figure in 20th-century art. The youngest son of Sholem Aleichem—whose short stories Tevye’s Daughters were the basis for Fiddler on the Roof—Raeben was a mentor to hundreds of artists\, including Stella Adler and Bob Dylan\, and left a quiet but enduring mark on American visual culture\, music\, and theater. \nAfter fleeing the Russian pogroms\, he settled in Paris and New York\, immersing himself in two key artistic environments. Drawing on influences from the School of Paris—Soutine\, Chagall\, Bissière\, Matisse—and from the artistic circles of the Ashcan School and the Art Students League\, Raeben developed an original style and a singular teaching method that fused painting with storytelling\, memory\, and identity. \nBased on the findings of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project POYESIS\, this presentation retraces Raeben’s artistic journey\, introduces the newly created Raeben Archive\, and reflects on his influence on Dylan’s mid-1970s work\, including the film Renaldo and Clara. The lecture will also feature a wide selection of unpublished materials—from recovered paintings and archival photographs to lesson notes and correspondence—many presented publicly for the first time. \nFinally\, it offers a glimpse into Norman Raeben: The Wandering Painting\, the first major retrospective of his work\, held at the Jewish Museum in Venice  (24 November 2024 – 9 March 2025). \nThis talk is co-presented by The Village Trip and the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation. The Foundation preserves and interprets the historic home\, studio\, and art collections of 20th-century sculptor Chaim Gross and his wife Renee. \nThis lecture is sponsored by David Kadish and Michael Norton in memory of David’s uncle\, Robert Shelton\, the New York Times critic who wrote the celebrated September 1961 review credited with launching Bob Dylan’s career. His biography\, Bob Dylan: No Direction Home\, was acclaimed by Mojo as ‘A landmark account of Dylan’s genesis and ascension.’  \nThis lecture is based on the results of the project POYESIS\, funded by the European Union under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101068800. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. \n\nFabio Fantuzzi\n\n\n\n\n\n			\n		\n			\n			BOOK TICKETS ON HUMANITIX		\n			\n	\n\n\n \n\nPhotograph of the Norman Raeben retrospective exhibition\, The Wandering Painting\, held at the Jewish Museum in Venice (24 November 2024 – 9 March 2025).\n  \nA Source of Life\nThe Wandering Painter\nA short RAI 3 documentary\n2024 / 7 minutes \nThe first Italian retrospective of the painter Norman Raeben\, in Campo di Ghetto in Venice offered 40 works and a documentary\, which tell of an artist so far little known in Italy. The son of the great Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem\, Raeben was born in Kiev in 1901 and traveled to Europe\, where he met Chagall and Soutine\, then moved to New York: his legendary studio became the crossroads of New York Jewish artistic and cultural society. Among the students\, a very young Bob Dylan\, who from his lessons will draw inspiration for his most famous album “Blood on the tracks”. \n\n\n\n\n			\n		\n			\n			WATCH: A Source of Life film
URL:https://www.thevillagetrip.com/event/norman-raeben-and-bob-dylan-a-lecture-by-fabio-fantuzzi/
LOCATION:The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation\, 526 Laguardia Place\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Art & Film,2025 Talks & Comedy,ASCAP
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SUMMARY:The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation Open House
DESCRIPTION:[image: Gross Foundation sculpture studio. Photo by Elizabeth Felicella] \nExplore the home and studio of sculptor Chaim Gross (1902-91) and his wife Renee (1909-2005) who played important roles in the Greenwich Village art scene for much of the 20th century. \nIn 1963\, the Grosses converted a four-story art storage warehouse into their home and studio. They added a sculpture studio to the ground floor\, which is illuminated by an enormous skylight that underwent extensive restoration work in 2017-18. The first floor showcases work spanning Gross’s entire career in the studio and the adjacent gallery. The second floor houses a temporary exhibition space. The third floor features a historic\, salon-style installation of African\, American\, European\, Pre-Columbian\, and decorative arts collected by the Grosses. \nThe Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation’s mission is to further the legacy of the artist through high-quality research\, exhibitions\, and educational activities around its historic building and art collections for audiences in New York City and beyond. \n\n\n\n			\n		\n			\n			BOOK TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE
URL:https://www.thevillagetrip.com/event/renee-chaim-gross-open-house/
LOCATION:The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation\, 526 Laguardia Place\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023 Art & Film,2023 Tour
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