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Aaron Bohrod Street in Algonquin gouache 1934 Aaron Bohrod was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1907. He was the son of an emigree Russian grocerer. Bohrod attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Art Studentsí League in New York City, where he studied with John Sloan. Bohrod began his career as a social realist and illustrator. In 1936, a Guggenheim fellowship allowed him to travel to both East and West coasts. After this trip, his work included rural subjects that was a divergence from earlier works in which he painted Chicago urban scenes.

Bohrod was employed by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) in the Easel Division. He was known as one of the leading "American Regionalists," based on his ability to capture the life and arena of the Great Depression.

The University Museum has four works by Bohrod including the following: "Dreams," and "Arkansas Home".

During World War II, he was a war correspondent in Europe and the South Pacific. He taught briefly at Southern Illinois Normal University in 1948, leaving to become the second artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, succeeding regionalist artist John Steuart Curry. He remained in the position until he retired in 1973.

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