Abraham Walkowitz, Russian, American, 1878 to 1965, ink painting on paper depicting a male portrait, 1905. Signed lower left. Dated lower right. Framed. Abraham Walkowitz is known for Modernist figure-genre, town landscape painting, drawing. Abraham Walkowitz is perhaps best known for his watercolor studies of Isadora Duncan and the dance. However, Walkowitz laid claim to being the first to exhibit truly Modernist paintings in the United States. After 1909, he became an intimate of Alfred Stieglitz' 291 Gallery, and whilst there became a participant in the debate over Modern Art in America. Walkowitz was an outspoken proponent of the continuous experimentation in the arts, which was his definition of Modernism. As an artist, Walkowitz embodied the changing role of the Modernist painter in the United States, as Modernism moved from avant garde protest against established modes to become an accepted style and tradition. One of a kind artwork.