Josef Presser Art
American, 1907-1967
(From AskArt; Source: Frank S. Schwarz and Son, Philadelphia)
Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker, Henry Hunt Clark, Philip Hale, and William James. He was a member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Club and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club and exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His work is in many museum collections, both here and abroad, including the Uffizi, Florence, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia.
Source: Frank S. Schwarz and Son, Philadelphiato
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Artist: Josef Presser
Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967)
“Pair of African American Portraits”
9 x 7” each, Gouache on paper (One signed) circa 1945
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Emigrating to Boston in 1913 from Poland with his Russian-Jewish parents, Presser was admitted in 1921 at age 12 to the Boston Museum School of Art with a full four-year scholarship,...
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Polish Expressionist Profile Portrait Drawing TWO CHILDREN
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Other
Subject: Figures
Medium: Other, Gouache
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
sight size 17 X 13 inches
Emigrating to Boston in 1913 from Poland with his Russian-Jewis...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Josef Presser Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
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