Elliott Zuckerman: A Retrospective
An Inspired Legacy Art Exhibition
Showcasing Elliott’s artistic legacy with a retrospective of seven decades of his paintings, this event honored his magnanimous bequest to Touchstones. The exhibition included works from private collections as well as paintings from the collection received by Touchstones.
About Elliott Zuckerman
Dr. Zuckerman was a Tutor Emeritus at St John’s College in Annapolis, where he began teaching in 1961. Before that, he taught at Columbia and at the New School.
Born in Brooklyn in 1930, his study of painting began at the High School of Music and Art in New York City, where, while continuing to study music elsewhere, he matriculated as an art student. He went on painting while at Cambridge, and participated in a series of exhibits. On return from Europe, in did not paint for many years, but took it up again in the mid nineteen-seventies, starting out with portraits, which he had never done before. In 1980, he had a show of thirty portraits and self-portraits. By then he was also painting still-lifes and landscapes, exhibiting frequently at the Maryland Federation of Art. In 2010, he had a highly praised one-man show at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
His paintings are in many private collections in Annapolis, Chicago, New York, and throughout the country, and in Europe.
Dr. Zuckerman’s collection of his work was donated to Touchstones Discussion Project in celebration of his long-time friend and colleague, Howard Zeiderman, and in honor of Touchstones Legacy Campaign, begun in 2018.
The Collection

Serious Self Portrait, 2008
24” x 30”

(Untitled)Trees, Undated
24” x 18”

Fruit at the Window #3, 1998
24” x 36”

Plants and Flowers, 2010
24” x 30

Portrait of Beete Ruhm von Oppen #1, 1978
20” x 24”
Private Collection

Figuration #6, Trees and Rocks, 1997
24” x 36”

Self-Portrait with Large Head, 1997
24” x 36”
Private Collection

Potted Plant, 1997
24” x 30”

Touchstones, 2001
24” x 36”
Private Collection

Portrait of Raymond Ames, 1991
24” x 30”

Figuration #11, Forest Scene, 1997
24” x 36”

3 Limes, 2016
24” x 30”

Howard, 1984
22” x 28”
Private Collection

Second-Act Set, 2000
24” x 36”
Private Collection

Portrait of My Mother #3, Rhoda #3, c. 1978
20” x 24”

A Chain of Rocks, 2001
24” x 36”

Plant and 2 Fruits, 2001

Fruit and Vases, 2004
24” x 36”

Dark Waterfall, 2018
24” x 30”

Mountain Scape, 2016
24” x 36”

Kafka, 1999
24” x 30”
Private Collection

Fruit at the Window #6, 2004
24” x 36”

Plant, 2008
24” x 30” - Private Collection

Mountain Variation, 2018
24” x 30”