The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation
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  • Photograph looking down into a sculpture studio from a balcony. There is a skylight along the right half of the space that floods the sculptures, tools, and materials with light. There are drawings on the wall and many sculptures of human figures in wood.

    About the Foundation

  • Image of the façades of multiple buildings. The center building façade is the focus with yellow columns and a cornice, a wrought iron gate, purple bricks, and "526" written above the gate. The image is taken from the street so there are cars parked parallel to the building. There is a large tree covering the top two-thirds of the buildings.

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Biographies of Chaim & Renee Gross

  • Black and white photograph of a man in a white shirt with dark hair that has his arms resting on female busts. He is surrounded by framed artwork on the wall behind him and is standing among sculptures in different colors, sizes, and materials. There is a shelf above his head with additional smaller sculptures.

    Chaim Gross (1902–91)

  • Black and white photograph of a seated woman with her hands behind her head and elbows pointed up. The woman is smiling.

    Renee Gross (1909–2005)

Historic Building

  • Black and white photograph of a woman walking through an open door holding a package.

    History of 526 LaGuardia Place

Chaim Gross: Art

  • View of a gallery space with a white brick wall on the left and multiple dark brown and black wooden sculptures on pedestals near the walls. There is a window letting light in on the top right side of the photo, near the tall ceiling.

    Wood Sculptures

  • Photograph of a large room with a skylight in the background of the image. The large and small sculptures that line the walls are seen in silhouette because they are backlit by the skylight in the background.

    Bronze Sculptures

  • Black and white photograph of nine carved stone heads in different sizes, shapes, and colors. The heads are the central focus of the image as they are all sitting on a table and different size bases. There are tools and mallets on the right side of the image.

    Stone Sculptures

  • Dark brown drawing of a man's portrait in a tilted square, as if he were looking at himself in a mirror. The background has a checkered tablecloth and on the top right is the back of a sculpture.

    Works on Paper

  • Black and white image of a stack of wood logs with the words "Tree Trunk to Head" displayed over the image.

    "Tree Trunk to Head" Film

    Lewis Jacobs (1904–97)

Collections

  • Color image of an alcove with shelving that has books on the bottom two shelves and multiple wooden African arts sculptures. Most sculptures are figures in many different colors of wood. There are wooden stools on the bottom in front of the bookshelves.

    African Arts Collection

  • Black and white photograph of a living room with two ornate Victorian-style chairs in the foreground. Against the back wall is a couch, tables, and a corner shelf unit. There is a window on the left side. The walls are lined with framed paintings, hung in a Salon-style manner.

    American Art Collection

  • Image of a dining room with a light brown wood dining table with matching color chairs and a white lace tablecloth in the foreground. On top of the table is a glass bowl with several types of fruit inside. There are short, hip high bookshelves lined with books behind the table. The walls in the background display a Salon-style hanging of framed artworks in the background. On top of the bookshelves are small sculptures made of different types of wood.

    European Art Collection

Digital Resources

  • Black and white image of three men with text overlaying the image. The man on the bottom is carving a bust of a woman and the other two men are on a ladder above him using a video camera. The text is in white with a red background and reads, "Tree Trunk to Head: Chaim Gross and Direct Carving in America."

    Publications

  • Graphite drawing on cream colored paper of a family walking through an archway. The archway has a Jewish star above and to the left of the family, onion domes to the right of the family, and birds at the top of the arch. There is a second pentagon shape sketched out to the right of the paper.

    Centennial Project: Artists and Immigrants

Current Exhibitions and Programs

  • Three people gathered around a chestnut-colored sculpture, touching the face of the sculpture. The woman on the left is seated, reaching up to touch the face of the sculpture, while two other people stand, one in orange and one in white tops. The one in white has two hands on the sculpture's face.

    Tactile Transmissions Access Program

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  • Color photograph of two people in coats looking up in an artist's studio. The person in front is pointing up. There is a sculpture to the right and a workbench behind the people with wood carving tools.

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  • Color photograph of an older man and woman sitting on a red couch. They are surrounded by artwork on the walls that range in sizes and seem to be by different artists. The works are Salon-style hung. There is a chair on either side of the couch.

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  • Photograph of people walking up and down a stairway that is parallel to the camera. There are people in front of the photographer, including people shaking hands, someone looking in a mirror, and others talking in a space with tall ceilings and sculptures. There are people standing at the top of the stairs looking down from the banister and there are more sculptures on the other side of the banister.

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