| Rudolph Weisenborn | |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Painter, printmaker, muralist |
Rudolph Weisenborn (1881–1974) was an American artist. He painted murals for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA).
Weisenborn was born in 1881 in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended art school in Denver, Colorado where his teachers included Jean Mannheim. In 1913 he returned to Chicago.[2] In 1922 he married Alfreda Gordon (1900-1968).[3]
Weisenborn was active in the Chicago art scene. He was a member of several art groups including the Palette and Chisel Club, the American Artists' Congress, the Cor Ardens, the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists, and the Chicago Society of Artists.[4] Weisenborn taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1922 through 1934. He then taught privately until 1964.[2]
In the 1930s Weisenborn produced several murals for the Works Progress Administration (WPA); a 7' X 30' mural entitled Contemporary Chicago at the Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago,[5] [6] and a series of murals at Crane Technical High School.[7]
In 1933 his work was exhibited at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago.[2] Weisenborn was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists in 1936.[8]
Weisenborn died in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
His papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[9]
His work is in the National Gallery of Art,[10] and the Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC).[11]