biographie de Irving AMEN (1918-2011)
Birth place: NYC
Addresses: NYC
Profession: Painter, printmaker
Studied: Pratt Inst., scholar, 1932-1939; study in Paris, France, 1950 & Italy, 1953.
Exhibited: Master Prints, MoMA; Int. Ausstellung von Holzschnitten, Zurich, Switz.; I Mednarodna Graficna Razstava, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia; LV Biannale di Pittura Americana, Bordighera, Italy; Dessins Americains Contemporains, US Info. Serv.; Amen Gallery, NYC, 1970s
Member: Int. Inst Arts & Lett; Int. Soc. Wood Engravers; Accad. Fiorentina delle Arti Disegno; Soc. Am. Graphic Artists; Am. Color Print Soc.
Work: MoMA; MMA; Albertina Mus., Vienna, Austria; Victoria & Albert Mus., London, Eng.; Biblioth. Nat., Paris.
Comments: Preferred media: oils. Publications: print ed., Irving Amen woodcuts 1948-1960, Irving Amen: 1964, Amen: 1964-1968 & Amen: 1968-1970. Teaching: instr. art, Pratt Inst. & Univ. Notre Dame.