Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011) Signed Lithograph "The Violin" 28/90

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Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011) colored lithograph titled "The Violin" signed and numbered 28/90. Framed under glass. Amen began drawing at … Read more Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011) colored lithograph titled "The Violin" signed and numbered 28/90. Framed under glass. Amen began drawing at the age of four and won a scholarship to Pratt Institute at age 14. From 1942–45, Amen served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium, then had his first exhibition at the New School for Social Research in New York. His second was at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in 1949. In 1950, Amen studied at the Art Students League and Academy Grande Chaumiere in Paris, Upon his return to the United States, he had one-man shows in New York and Washington D.C. He traveled throughout Italy during the early 1950's resulting in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and several oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, Piazza San Marco #4 and its four woodblocks became 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. Amen taught at Pratt and the University of Notre Dame. His commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War. 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.

Dimensions: 27" high x 20" wide.
Condition: Good vintage condition with abrasions to frame and linen liner. See less