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.
Untitled, Folk Art Woodblock Plate by Irving Amen
By Irving Amen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Irving Amen, American (1918 - 2011) - Untitled, Year: circa 1970s, Medium: Woodblock Plate, signed, Size: 21 x 15.75 in. (53.34 x 40.01 cm), Frame Size: 24 x 19.25 inches
Wood Panel
$2,800
H 6 in W 21.5 in D 3.5 in
"El Tren" Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folk Art, Four Sections
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "El Tren" is a whimsical and playful rendition of a train. It is beautifully glazed in various colors. This particular ceramic was from the collection of Jane and Richard Knight’s Estate. Jane Knight was a famous fiber and textile artist. Richard was a photographer who worked for Eliel Saarinen and Alexander Girard. The Knights and Girard became close friends and it was Girard who gifted “Santa Cruz De Las Huertas Jalisco” to the Knights. Alexander Girard left his personal collection to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. The Girards eventually amassed a collection of more than 106,000 objects from across the globe. Their 1978 gift of this collection to the Museum of International Folk art quintupled the size of their collection and prompted the construction of a new wing, which opened in 1982 and houses a mere 10% of the Girard Collection in the permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, which was designed by Alexander Girard himself. This collection includes numerous multiples and is notable for its great breadth, including traditional arts, popular arts, and paper ephemera. “I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation,” Girard once said, “but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present.” Indeed, folk art was an important inspiration for Girard’s design work. The renowned Candelario Medrano...
Ceramic, Glaze
Vintage Turtle Sculpture or Figure
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Life like, life size turtle sculpture crafted in composition in an amazing realistic replication. Labeled Animal Classics on the bottom.
Resin
$3,500
H 9.5 in W 19.5 in D 6.5 in
“Santa Cruz de las Huertas Jalisco”, Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folkart
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Santa Cruz de las Huertas Jalisco” is a whimsical, charming and colorfully ceramic rendition painted blue and red of a local bus that traversed the town where the artist Candelario Medrano...
Ceramic, Glaze
$1,750
H 18 in W 18 in D 2 in
Be Bop IV Ceramic Sculpture: Contemporary Abstract Art, Unframed
By Jane B. Grimm
Located in Burlingame, CA
Jane B. Grimm is a Pop Art pioneer whose ceramic sculptures bring together wit, geometry, rhythm, and play. Working by hand in low fire ceramic clay, she creates both freestanding an...
Ceramic, Wood Panel
$1,500
H 24 in W 12 in D 5 in
Shovel, Recovered Contemporary Sculpture, Iron and Brass, 21st Century
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Shovel, Recovered" is an original artwork made from iron, paper, beeswax, brass, pine, mounted on panel by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 12"h x 24"w x 5"d Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...
Brass, Iron
$1,680
H 14.5 in W 10.75 in D 4.25 in
"Retablo No. 5 (An Attic of Records)", Mixed Media Sculpture
By Patrick Fitzgerald 1
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
Paper, Oil, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
"Maquette Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
By Patrick Fitzgerald 1
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box...
Fabric, Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$3,200
H 48 in W 48 in
1970s Large Wood, Copper Inlay Sculpture Wall Relief Tropical Flowers Motif
By Helen Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
Helen Weber Large wall hanging wood and metal sculptural relief in a tropical Hawaiian or Polynesian motif with tropical flowers. "Art belongs everywhere from cruise ships to church...
Copper
"New York Blower Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture
By Patrick Fitzgerald 1
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap bo...
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust & Head
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist, "19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust & Head", Folk Art Wooden Sculpture, 10.50 x 6.50 x 2.50, 19/20th Century
Wood
Antique Folk Art Boat Model
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical 19th century one of a kind folk art boat model crafted in hardwoods and found objects, retaining the original paint, in an eccentric composition with cannons, smoke stacks ...
Wood, Found Objects
Quest
By Kristina Grace
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful blue and white dimensional butterfly piece is made of wood panel, butterflies, acrylics and bioresins. The artist, Kristina Grace, re...
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel