Davenports reports that Ervin Nussbaum painted Genre and Orchestra scenes, and this very touching barracks scene has terrific composition and color, besides recording life during the depression when the government put men back to work. WWW lists his address as Columbus, OH.

The following is from Muriel Nussbaum, widow of the artist:

He was born in Columbus, Ohio November 11, 1914 and died Norwalk,CT. January 22, 1996. His work is in the permanent collections of the Columbus Art Museum, the Frankfort Art Museum & the Norwalk Museum. His painting,"The End of John Brown" won first prize at the Central Ohio Competition in 1941 and was shown at the San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute, the Philadelphia Academy and the Corcoran Gallery. It is now in the permanent collection of the Torrington Historical Society (Torrington,CT was the birthplace of John Brown).

After moving to New York City, he produced a series of non-objective canvases that were shown at the Wacker Gallery, then concentrated on semi-abstract landscapes done mostly in city parks. These were exhibited in one-man shows at the Crespi and City Center Galleries and in Tulsa at the Philbrook Art Center. Paintings, watercolors and acrylics of Jewish subjects were shown throughout New England as were his birds, some on paper and some sculpted in wood or metal.

Temple Emanu-El in Yonkers commissioned a bas-relief for its sanctuary and for the Public Library in Trumbull, Connecticut, and he created a bronze sculpture, "Three Girls on a Flower."

Erv's creativity led him to explore many different styles, subjects and

media. He also grew wonderful vegetables and made his own delicious wines. He built his own studio and framed most of his paintings himself. His wife, Muriel, is an actress and director and toured in her one-woman show, "Byline Nellie Bly" and his son, Adam, is an internationally known jazz drummer