'Ascension' by Roy Alhlgren, 1978, Optical Illusion Abstract Screen Print, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art

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Signed in graphite, lower right, 'Roy Ahlgren' (American, 1927-2011) and dated 1978; titled, lower center, 'Ascension' with number and limitation, … Read more Signed in graphite, lower right, 'Roy Ahlgren' (American, 1927-2011) and dated 1978; titled, lower center, 'Ascension' with number and limitation, '39/65'.
Paper dimensions: 26 x 20 inches

Pennsylvania native Roy Ahlgren received his Bachelor's in Art Education from the University of Pittsburgh and began painting in 1964. During this time, he was also an artist-designer for the famous Louis Marx Toy Company in Erie, Pennsylvania, and a partner in Erie's Galerie 8 art gallery. In 1970, he began to teach art at Tech Memorial High School—the same school from which he had graduated—and retired in 1990 to paint full time.

During the course of his career, Ahlgren received more than 60 prizes, among them purchase awards from the Seattle Art Museum, Minot State College, Texas Tech University Museum, and the Mississippi Art Association. He exhibited in many national print shows, including juried exhibits at the Butler Mid-Year Show, the Audobon Annual National Art Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Library of Congress, the National Academy of Design, and others.

His work is in permanent collections of: the US Information Agency in Washington DC; the Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, OH; the Minneapolis Museum of Art; the Seattle Art Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fredrikstad, Norway; and other museums in Japan, Poland, Viet Nam, Brazil and the Netherlands. Ahlgren has exhibited at the National Academy of Design Annual in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Exhibition of Prints, the Library of Congress, and the International Exhibition of Graphic Art in Frechen, Germany.

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