Alma Sewing
City Store Fronts
Morning In Florence
The Railroads Learn From War
Sixth Avenue L
View Of Brooklyn Heights
Jefferson Market Courthouse
Inspecting Food
Seated Nude
Bird Of Prey
Woman With Sculpture
Third Avenue El
Making Typhoid Vaccin
Colonel Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Window Reflections
Waterfront
Mind Reader
Portrait Of A Lady
Malaria Control
The Thinker
The Fish Bucket
AMERICAN GALLERY - 20th Century 
As a child, my family and I lived next door to Francis Criss’s sister Anna Criss Roth (a Modern Dancer) and her husband, Emanual (Manny) Roth who played violin and percussion in the Philadelphia Orchestra. The Roths had
an art filled home including a number of Francis Criss’s paintings. There was an impressive portrait of a black man in
workman’s overalls and several streetscapes, one in pointilist style and another referencing DiChirico. These paintings were my introduction to art as a small child and influential in directing me into a career in the arts.
Though I never met Francis Criss, besides his sister, Anna I also knew brother William Criss (Oboe player with the NY Philharmonic) as well as “Papa” Criss, their father. In summer, I remember Papa Criss is his white linen suit and Paanama hat with his cane sitting in their beautiful garden like a patriarch from a Chekov play.
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Thank you very much for sharing your personal memories. Yours is a precious witness.
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