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Abram Tromka

Abram Tromka (1896 - 1954) was active/lived in New York / Poland, Russian Federation.  Abram Tromka is known for Mod genre, figure, etcher.

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The following, submitted October 2005 by William Woolf, is a biography of the artist created by his wife, Ann Tromka.  The Tromka's were good friends of Woolf's parents.


What I relate here about Tromka, from the time he came to "America" is what I remember of what he told me during our first years together.

Tromka was seven years old when he came here from Poland with his family.  At immigration headquarters (then called Castle Garden) the official clearing the family for entrance, suggested that since they were now in the United States, it would be a good idea for them to take an American name, suggesting "Phillips" instead of their foreign name of TROMPKA (the original spelling).  So following his suggestion, they took the name of Phillips, and Phillips it remained until 1930 when Tromka changed it back, dropping the "p" for euphonious reasons.

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