20 Facts About Marius Sznajderman

Marius Sznajderman was a painter, printmaker and scenic designer who lived and worked in the United States.

Marius Sznajderman attended the School of Fine Arts in Caracas and immigrated to the United States in 1949, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in New York.

Marius Sznajderman settled in Hackensack, New Jersey, where he lived and had a studio for more than 50 years before moving to Amherst, Massachusetts in 2015.

Marius Sznajderman held more than 40 solo exhibitions at galleries and museums and participated in more than 75 group shows around the globe.

Marius Sznajderman briefly studied medicine at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas but did not complete a medical degree.

Marius Sznajderman's teachers included illustrator Ramon Martin Durban, scenic designer Charles Ventrillon-Horber and painter Rafael Monasterios.

Marius Sznajderman helped found the Taller Libre de Arte, an experimental workshop for the visual arts, sponsored by the Ministry of Education.

In 1948 Marius Sznajderman was awarded the art student's prize for a watercolor in the annual National Gallery exhibit.

In 1949 Marius Sznajderman had a solo exhibition at the Taller Libre de Arte.

That same year, Sznajderman immigrated to the United States to attend Columbia University, where he studied with scenic designer J Woodman Thompson and printmaker Hans Alexander Mueller.

Marius Sznajderman received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in scenic design in 1953, after which he was drafted into the US Army.

In 1960 Marius Sznajderman was among the three founders, along with painters Sam Weinik and Ben Wilson, of the Modern Artists Guild, an association of modern artists working in northern New Jersey.

Marius Sznajderman taught art in New Jersey public schools under federal and state grants.

From 1974 to 1983 Marius Sznajderman served as director of Galeria Venezuela in New York City for the National Council of Culture and Fine Arts of Venezuela while continuing to paint and exhibit.

For many years Marius Sznajderman had a deep friendship and intimate creative relationship with Venezuelan painter Oswaldo Vigas.

In 2001 Marius Sznajderman began a collages and collage constructions series using Yiddish as a leitmotif.

In 2011 Marius Sznajderman created seven collages using unauthorized lithographs by Salvador Dali as material.

Marius Sznajderman continued to work and exhibit until the final weeks of his life.

Marius Sznajderman's work is represented in the permanent collections of more than 45 museums and institutions, primarily in the United States but in Europe, Latin America and Israel.

Marius Sznajderman exhibited widely in the United States and South America over the past 60 years.