Collection Information
Size: 2.4 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of Alex Yaworski measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1924 to 2012. The papers document his career as a painter through correspondence, professional activity files, printed material, artwork, and photographs.
Biographical/Historical Note
Alex Yaworski (1907-1997) was a painter in Chicago, Illinois and Kansas City, Missouri. Yaworski was born in what is now Odessa, Ukraine in 1907, and his family immigrated to the United States in 1909, settling around the Lake Superior area. Yaworski graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in 1931. He worked for various companies such as Sears Roebuck and Poster Products where he illustrated posters and advertisements, and he designed and illustrated Christmas book covers and greeting cards. Yaworski died on March 25, 1997.
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