Al Blaustein | |
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| File:Photo of Al Blaustein.jpg | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 23, 1924 New York, New York |
| Died |
July 15, 2004 (aged 80) New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
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Alfred H. Blaustein (1924-2004) was an American painter and printmaker.[1]
Biography[]
Blaustein was born on January 23, 1924, in New York City, where he attended the High School of Music & Art[2][3] He served in the United States Air Force for three years during World War II.[4] Blaustein went on to study at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[4]
Blaustein started his artistic career working for magazines including Fortune, Life, Natural History, and The Reporter.[5]
Blaustein taught from 1949 through 2004, first at the Albright Art School, then at Yale University. He taught at the Pratt Institute for 45 years from 1959 through 2004.[3] At Pratt he served, for a time, as Chairman of Printmaking.[5]
He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1958 and 1961.[5] He was also the recipient of the Prix de Rome.[4] His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] the National Gallery of Art[8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art[9] Blaustein married Lotte Heilbrunn on 13 May 1949.[10] They had a son Marc.[11] Both Lotte and Marc were graphic designers.[5] Blaustein died in New York City on July 15, 2004.[2] A collection of his works and papers is at Rutgers University in the Special Collections and University Archives.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "Al Blaustein". https://www.askart.com/artist/Al_Blaustein/100895/Al_Blaustein.aspx. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Blaustein, Al H., 1924-2004". http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00007497.html. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Al Blaustein - Artist" (in en). https://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists/al-blaustein. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Guide to the Al Blaustein Collection". Rutgers University. http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/baab/blausteinf.html. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Al Blaustein". https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/al-blaustein/. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Al Blaustein" (in en). https://www.artic.edu/artists/33662/al-blaustein. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Al Blaustein". https://americanart.si.edu/artist/al-blaustein-448. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Al Blaustein". https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3539.html. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Al Blaustein". https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Al%20Blaustein&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&offset=0&pageSize=0. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Aufbau Indexing Project One-Step Search Results". https://www.calzareth.com/aufbau/2008dbmod.php?pagesize=50&offset=3502.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths BLAUSTEIN, AL". The New York Times. 25 July 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/classified/paid-notice-deaths-blaustein-al.html.
External links[]
- images of Blaustein's work on Invaluable
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