Josef M. Arentz Art
Josef M. Arentz was a renowned painter of maritime scenes, though he also painted numerous New England landscapes and portraits. He was born in Odendorf, Germany in 1903 and came to the United States in 1926, at the encouragement of an uncle living in Ohio. After painting stage scenery in Tiffin, Ohio, Arentz eventually moved to Tampa, Florida, where he and a friend established the Florida Art Academy. He then moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he accepted a position with the art department of the U. S. Printing and Lithograph Company, where he stayed until 1946. During that time, Arentz had a one-man show, and a work accepted for the Maryland Artists Exhibition earned an award from the Baltimore Museum of Art. Shortly thereafter, he began reproducing some of his paintings for the New York publisher, David Ashley. A visit to Portland Head Light in Portland, Maine, inspired Arentz's move to Maine. For many years, he maintained a summer gallery on Wharf Street in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Mid-20th Century Josef M. Arentz Art
Graphite
1970s Abstract Josef M. Arentz Art
Screen, Pencil, Graphite
1970s Pop Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Oil Pastel, Graphite
2010s Photorealist Josef M. Arentz Art
Mixed Media, Digital, Screen, Pencil, Graphite
1970s Pop Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Offset, Graphite, Pencil, Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Josef M. Arentz Art
Pencil, Screen, Graphite
1980s Pop Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Etching, Aquatint, Mixed Media
1970s Pop Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Graphite, Offset, Lithograph
1980s Pop Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Lithograph, Offset, Graphite, Pencil
1970s Feminist Josef M. Arentz Art
Paper, Graphite
1980s Modern Josef M. Arentz Art
Graphite, Lithograph, Pencil
2010s Op Art Josef M. Arentz Art
Graphite, Screen
1970s Realist Josef M. Arentz Art
Graphite, Pencil, Screen