America - Its history

He returned to Chicago in 1930 where he painted views of the city and its working class.[2] He eventually earned Guggenheim Fellowships which permitted him to travel throughout the country, painting and recording the American scene. His early work won him widespread praise as an important social realist and regional painter and printmaker and his work was marketed through Associated American Artists in New York. Bohrod completed three commissioned murals for the Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts in Illinois; Vandalia in 1935, Galesburg in 1938 and Clinton in 1939.[7] During World War II, Bohrod worked as an artist; first in the Pacific for the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Army War Art Unit,[8] then in Europe for Life magazine. In 1948, he accepted a position as artist in residence,[8] succeeding John Steuart Curry, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and remained in that capacity until 1973. In 1951, Bohrod was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1953.[9] He died from liver cancer at his home in Madison, Wisconsin on 3 April 1992, at the age of 84.[3][8]