Color Lithograph by Irving Amen, Titled "Violin"

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Fine color lithograph titled "Violin" by Irving Amen.
Pencil signed by the artist, numbered 83/90.

This fine quality contemporary and … Read more Fine color lithograph titled "Violin" by Irving Amen.
Pencil signed by the artist, numbered 83/90.

This fine quality contemporary and decorative artwork by Irving Amen would enhance any setting.
Measures: 17" Wide x 24 1/2" High x 7/8" Deep

About the Artist:

AMERICAN, 1918-2011
Born in New York City, Irving Amen began drawing at the young age of four. By the time he was fourteen-years-old, he won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute. He emulated Michelangelo's masterpieces and spent years perfecting his unique style. From 1942–45, Amen served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium. He had his first exhibition at the New School for Social Research in New York and his second at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in 1949.

Amen studied at the Art Students League and Academy Grande Chaumiere in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one-man shows in New York and Washington D.C. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and several oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, Piazza San Marco #4 and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in color at the Smithsonian Institution. Travel in Israel, Greece and Turkey in 1960 led to a retrospective show in Jerusalem. His art is widely owned and loved. Amen has taught at Pratt Institute and the University of Notre Dame. Commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War and 12 stained glass windows for the Congregation Agudas Achim in Ohio. He is listed in the Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings.

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