Ernest Trubach

Disciplines: Visual Arts
Disciplines: Visual Arts
Based in New York, NY
Residencies: 1933, 1934
Ernest Sergi Trubach immigrated from Russia to the U.S. and established his studio in New York City. Awarded a scholarship, he studied at the National Academy of Design and later went on to further studies at the Cooper Union and Beaux-Art in New York. He was a member of the avant-garde Secessionist Group along with Hans Hoffman, Wilem de Kooning, and Arshile Gorky. For several years during the depression, Trubach painted murals and easel paintings as part of the WPA Federal Arts Project (including several federal buildings and a mural for the Central Park Police Station) and exhibited at the WPA Municipal Art Gallery.

Studios

Alexander

Ernest Trubach worked in the Alexander studio.

Funded through the generous support of Elizabeth Alexander, this studio was built in memory of her late husband, the renowned portrait painter John White Alexander (1856-1915). Originally designed as a visual art gallery, Marian MacDowell persuaded Elizabeth that the space would better serve the arts if commissioned as a visual…

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