Irving Amen
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| Irving Amen | |
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| Born | 1918 (age 93–94) New York, New York, United States |
| Died | November 21, 2011 Coconut Creek, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting Sculpture Printmaking |
| Influenced by | Judaica |
| Website | www.IrvingAmen.com |
Irving Amen (b. 1918) is a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Born in New York, New York[1], he taught at the Pratt Institute and at the University of Notre Dame in the early 1960s. In 1974 he illustrated Gilgamesh through a series of linocuts and woodcuts in 1974. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people, music, Italy and Don Quixote. He lives and works in Boca Raton, Florida.
[edit] Notable collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
- National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
[edit] References
- ^ "Irving Amen papers, 1960-1964". Research Collections. Archives of American Art. 2011. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/irving-amen-papers-5955. Retrieved 16 Jun 2011.
[edit] External links
- Web site of Congregation Agudas Achim in Bexley, Ohio, where his stain glass windows hang in the Irving E. Schottenstein Chapel.
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