Word: rattner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Abraham Rattner, 82, fiery Jewish artist best known for his brilliantly colored paintings with religious themes; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Born in the U.S. to parents who had fled from the Russian pogroms, Rattner after World War I settled in France, where his work was influenced by both the impressionist and the cubist schools. He returned to the U.S. in 1940 convinced by the rise of Nazism that art should not merely concern itself with style, but should deal with moral and spiritual issues. These he depicted not only on canvas but in tapestries, stained-glass windows...