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Joseph Presser Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

1907-1967

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. Presser’s 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.

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Artist: Joseph Presser
"Regal Head"
By Joseph Presser
Located in Southampton, NY
Dramatic mixed media painting of a regal head by the well known American artist, Josef Presser. Circa 1960. Signed lower right. Composed of watercolor and oil pastel on archival paper. In very good condition; no issues. Beautifully professionally matted and framed in a one and half black matte finished frame. Overall measurements with frame 18.25 by 16 inches. Biography Josef Presser Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker...
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1960s American Modern Joseph Presser Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Watercolor

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