Aaron Shikler


Aaron Abraham Shikler was an American artist noted for portraits of American statesmen and celebrities like Jane Engelhard and Sister Parish.

Shikler was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1922. His parents were Eastern European immigrants who came to the United States before World War I. Shikler studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and at the Hans Hofmann School in New York. He married Barbara Lurie who he met at Tyler, and had children Cathy and Clifford with her. Barbara was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 1998.

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