“Dancing Skeletons” Etching With Hand-Coloring by Walter Sorge

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A hand-colored etching by Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). Titled "Dancing Skeletons, Shall These Bones Live Again," the print depicts … Read more A hand-colored etching by Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). Titled "Dancing Skeletons, Shall These Bones Live Again," the print depicts a flurry of bones colliding in light blue, green, and purple. The print is displayed in an off-white mat and an oak frame and is signed and titled on the lower right.

Born in Alberta, Canada, Walter Felix Sorge attended UCLA and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from there during the 1950s. He continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he received his Doctorate in Fine Art and Fine Art Education. Sorge also studied under Stanley William Hayter in Paris and worked at Atelier 17. He later had an extensive career as an art educator and served as head of the art department at Kentucky Southern College in Louisville, the head of the art department at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as chairman of the art department at Eastern Illinois University. Sorge exhibited widely during his lifetime in the United States and abroad. See less