Frederick G. Becker | |
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| Born | August 5, 1913 Oakland, California |
| Died | June 30, 2004 (aged 90) Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | printmaking |
Frederick Gerhard Becker (1913-2004) was an American printmaker and educator. [1]
Frederick G. Becker | |
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| Born | August 5, 1913 Oakland, California |
| Died | June 30, 2004 (aged 90) Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | printmaking |
Frederick Gerhard Becker (1913-2004) was an American printmaker and educator. [1]
Becker was born on August 5, 1913, in Oakland, California. [2] Becker was born to a silent film actor, and was raised in Hollywood. [3] In 1933 he moved to New York City where he briefly studied architecture at New York University. He abandoned architecture to become a printmaker. [3] In 1935 he joined the Graphic Arts Division of the Works Project Administration and then became involved with the Atelier 17 printmaking studio in the 1940s before he was drafted into World War II. [4] He was also a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
Becker began his teaching career after his return from the war. He first taught at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He then taught Washington University in St. Louis where he created the printmaking department. He went on to teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [2] [4] Becker was the recipient of a Tiffany Foundation fellowship and a Yaddo fellowship. [2] In 1957 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. [5]
Becker died on June 30, 2004, in Amhurst, Massachusetts. [2]
Becker's work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, [6] the Museum of Modern Art, [7] the National Gallery of Art, [8] the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [9] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [10]
Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world", often featuring the work of celebrated poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anthony Hecht, and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. Called a "Sculptor of Stark Memorials" by the New York Times, Baskin is also known for his wood, limestone, bronze, and large-scale woodblock prints, which ranged from naturalistic to fanciful, and were frequently grotesque, featuring bloated figures or humans merging with animals. "His monumental bronze sculpture, The Funeral Cortege, graces the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C."
Harry Sternberg (1904–2001), was an American painter, printmaker and educator. He taught at the Art Students League of New York, from 1933 to c. 1966.
Harry Gottlieb was an American painter, screen printer, lithographer, and educator.
Federico Castellón was a Spanish American painter, sculptor, printmaker, and illustrator of children's books.
Seong Moy was an American painter and printmaker. Moy was born in a small town outside of Canton, China; he emigrated to the United States at the age of 10 in 1931, and joined other members of his family who had settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. During this time, Moy attended school during the day, and trained in his uncle's restaurant as an assistant chef when not in school. In 1934, Moy was introduced to art classes at the WPA Federal Art Project School through a friend. For the next few years, Moy studied art first at the Federal Art Project, and later at the St. Paul School of Art under Cameron Booth, and the WPA Graphic Workshop at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. Advisors recognized his talent and permitted him to take more classes while maintaining a job.
Warrington Wickham Colescott Jr. was an American artist, he is best known for his satirical etchings. He was a master printmaker and operated Mantegna Press in Hollandale, Wisconsin, with his wife and fellow artist Frances Myers. Colescott died on 10 September 2018, at the age of 97.
Gabor Peterdi was a Hungarian-American painter and printmaker who immigrated to the United States in 1939. He enlisted in the US Army and fought in Europe during World War II. He lived and worked primarily in New York and Connecticut, teaching at the Brooklyn Museum, Hunter College and Yale University in addition to working at his art.
Chaim Koppelman was an American artist, art educator, and Aesthetic Realism consultant. Best known as a printmaker, he also produced sculpture, paintings, and drawings. A member of the National Academy of Design since 1978, he was president of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), which presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. He established the Printmaking Department of the School of Visual Arts in 1959, and taught there until 2007.
Zarina Hashmi, known professionally as Zarina, was an Indian-American artist and printmaker based in New York City. Her work spans drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. Associated with the Minimalist movement, her work utilized abstract and geometric forms in order to evoke a spiritual reaction from the viewer.
Michael Ponce de Leon (1922-2006) was an American printmaker and painter.
Mauricio Leib Lasansky was an Argentine artist and educator known both for his advanced techniques in intaglio printmaking and for a series of 33 pencil drawings from the 1960s titled "The Nazi Drawings." Lasansky, who migrated to and became a citizen of the United States, established the school of printmaking at the University of Iowa, which offered the first Master of Fine Arts program in the field in the United States. Sotheby's identifies him as one of the fathers of modern printmaking.
Helen Elizabeth Phillips, also known as Helen Phillips Hayter was an American sculptor, printmaker, and graphic artist active in San Francisco, New York, and Paris.
Vincent DaCosta Smith was an American artist, painter, printmaker and teacher. He was known for his depictions of black life.
Alfred H. Blaustein (1924-2004) was an American painter and printmaker.
Andre Racz (1916-1994) was an American printmaker and educator known for his drawings and etchings.
Harold Persico Paris (1925–1979) was an American printmaker, sculptor and educator. He taught art classes at the University of California, Berkeley from 1963 until 1979.
Armin Landeck (1905-1984) was an American printmaker and educator.
Malcolm Haynie Myers was an American painter, printmaker and professor known primarily for his Intaglio-style engravings. His work is included in numerous museum collections.
Alexander Raoul Stavenitz was a Russian Empire-born American visual artist and educator. He was known for his paintings, and printmaking. He also worked as an industrial designer and architectural designer in his early career.
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