Grigory Gluckmann’s studio subjects and scenes from modern life were distinguished by their rich color and sensuous technique. In 1917 he entered the Art Academy at Moscow. From 1920 to 1923 he worked as an illustrator in Berlin. In January 1924 he spent nine months in Italy, working in a studio in Florence. His encounter with the Italian old masters was to be an important influence on his art. In October he moved to Paris, where he had an exhibition at Galerie Druet; his second exhibition, at Galerie Charpentier in 1934, established his success. He had other shows in Paris and London and in 1937 for the first time in New York, where he moved in June 1941. Gluckmann came to Los Angeles for his first exhibition at Daizell Hatfield Galleries in December 1941. He had a second exhibition there in 1944, and he moved his residence to Los Angeles in 1945. He had regular, very successful exhibitions at Dalzell Hatfield Galleries while also exhibiting at galleries in New York, which he frequently visited. He had a show at the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Museum of Art in 1946, the Charles and Emma Frye Museum in Seattle in 1956, and the Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Museum in 1972.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ernest W. Watson, "Grigory Gluckmann: Contemporary ‘Old Master’," American Artist 12 (March 1948): 20-25 § Rose Henderson, "Grigory Gluckmann," Studio 138 (December 1949): 86-87 § Arthur Millier, Grigory Gluckmann (Los Angeles: Daizell Hatfield Galleries, 1956), with lists of collections, awards, exhibitions, and publications § Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Museum, Grigory Gluckmann: Contemporary Classicist, exh. cat., 1972, with essay by Ruth Dalzell Hatfield.