Josef Presser | |
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| Born | 1907 Lublin, Poland |
| Died | 1967 (aged 59–60) Paris, France |
| Nationality | American (b. Poland) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Agnes Hart |
Josef Presser (1907–1967) was an American artist.
Josef Presser | |
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| Born | 1907 Lublin, Poland |
| Died | 1967 (aged 59–60) Paris, France |
| Nationality | American (b. Poland) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Agnes Hart |
Josef Presser (1907–1967) was an American artist.
Presser was born in 1907 in Lublin, Poland. [1] He emigrated to the United States at the age of 12 and studied at the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts. [2] [3] During the 1930s, Presser painted murals as part of the Works Progress Administration program. He settled in New York City where he worked as a painter and teacher. He married fellow artist Agnes Hart (1912-1979) in 1941. The couple had studio space in Woodstock, New York. [4] [5] He was associated with the New York print studio Atelier 17. [6] Presser died in Paris in 1967. [1]
Presser's work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [7] the National Gallery of Art, [8] the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] and the Whitney Museum of American Art, [9] His papers are in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. [5]
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Josef Presser 1909-1967, Raymond E. Tubbs, Frank Balters, Verlag Inter Art Gallerie Reich, Cologne, 1996
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