Irving Amen Art
Born in New York City, Irving Amen began drawing at the young age of four. By the time he was fourteen-years-old, he won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute. He emulated Michelangelo's masterpieces and spent years perfecting his unique style. From 1942–45, Amen served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium. He had his first exhibition at the New School for Social Research in New York and his second at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in 1949. Amen studied in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one-man shows in New York and Washington D.C. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and several oil paintings. One of these woodcuts, Piazza San Marco #4 and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in color at the Smithsonian Institution. Travel in Israel, Greece and Turkey in 1960 led to a retrospective show in Jerusalem. His art is widely owned and loved. Amen has taught at Pratt Institute and the University of Notre Dame. Commissions include a Peace Medal in honor of the Vietnam War and 12 stained glass windows for the Congregation Agudas Achim in Ohio. He is listed in the Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings.
20th Century Modern Irving Amen Art
Woodcut
1980s Irving Amen Art
Woodcut
Late 20th Century Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Screen, Paper
1960s Modern Irving Amen Art
Etching
1970s Modern Irving Amen Art
Oil
1970s Modern Irving Amen Art
Oil
1850s Edo Irving Amen Art
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
1760s Edo Irving Amen Art
Woodcut, Ink, Rice Paper
2010s Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Color, Digital, Laser, Pigment, Screen,...
2010s Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Archival Paper, Screen, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Archival Pigment,...
Mid-19th Century Edo Irving Amen Art
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
2010s Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Archival Paper, Screen, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Archival Pigment,...
1850s Realist Irving Amen Art
Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
2010s Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Archival Paper, Screen, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Archival Pigment,...
Early 2000s Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Screen, Woodcut
Early 20th Century Edo Irving Amen Art
Woodcut, Rice Paper, Ink
Utagawa Toyohiro"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji, early 1900s
Early 1900s Other Art Style Irving Amen Art
Woodcut
1930s American Modern Irving Amen Art
Woodcut
Mid-20th Century Irving Amen Art
Masonite, Oil
1960s Cubist Irving Amen Art
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Contemporary Irving Amen Art
Paper, Screen
1960s Abstract Expressionist Irving Amen Art
Paper, Ink
1960s Cubist Irving Amen Art
Canvas, Oil
1970s Cubist Irving Amen Art
Canvas, Oil
1860s Cubist Irving Amen Art
Canvas, Oil