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Philip Pearlstein Art

American, 1924-2022

Philip Pearlstein was a key figure in the sharp-focus realist movement. A leader in the early 1960s of the revival of figure painting in America, Pearlstein experimented briefly with landscapes and then concentrated on the realistic depiction of the nude figure, a traditional subject that had almost vanished from the contemporary art world. 

Pearlstein’s paintings, prints and drawings are characterized by a non-traditional informality, unexpected postures, and unusual perspectives including the radical cropping of figures. In his later works, he introduced rather elaborate backdrops including richly patterned fabrics and decorative floor patterns.

Pearlstein was born and grew up in Pittsburgh and in 1944 enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He spent three years in the Army and then returned to school, graduating in 1949 with a BFA. Pearlstein pursued graduate studies in art history at New York University and received a master's degree in 1955. Although he briefly pursued Abstract Expressionism, he found his mature subject matter during the 1960s when he evolved his signature highly finished-hard edged, objective studies of the nude figure. Pearlstein earned awards from the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.

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Artist: Philip Pearlstein
Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)
Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)

Monograph: The Complete Paintings (Hand signed, inscribed by Philip Pearlstein)

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in New York, NY

Philip Pearlstein The Complete Paintings, 1984 Hardback monograph with dust jacket Hand signed, dated and inscribed to Nadine by Philip Pearlstein 12 × 10 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches This i...

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1980s Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Nude in New Mexico, lithograph, hand signed/N by renowned realist painter
Nude in New Mexico, lithograph, hand signed/N by renowned realist painter

Nude in New Mexico, lithograph, hand signed/N by renowned realist painter

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in New York, NY

PHILIP PEARLSTEIN Nude in New Mexico, 1984 Lithograph on art paper 31 3/5 × 40 3/4 inches Signed, titled, dated and numbered in graphite pencil from the limited edition of only 65. (48/65) Unframed Philip Pearlstein was born in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1924 and came to New York with Andy Warhol - his first roommate. In 1941, his junior year in high school, he received his first recognition when awarded first and third prizes in Scholastic Magazine's 14th National High School Art Exhibition. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology but the draft limited his attendance to one year. After discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Carnegie Tech where he studied with Robert Lepper, Balcomb Green and Samuel Rosenberg...

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1980s Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

NUDE ON STRIPED HAMMOCK.

NUDE ON STRIPED HAMMOCK.

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Portland, ME

Pearlstein, Philip. NUDE ON STRIPED HAMMOCK. Field 59. Etching with aquatint, 1974. Edition of 100, signed, titled and numbered 59/100 all in pencil. Printed on Copperplate Paper at...

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1970s Philip Pearlstein Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Small Nude /// Philip Pearlstein Etching Figurative Female Post-War New York Art
Small Nude /// Philip Pearlstein Etching Figurative Female Post-War New York Art

Small Nude /// Philip Pearlstein Etching Figurative Female Post-War New York Art

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022) Title: "Small Nude" *Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Soft-Ground Etching on German Et...

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1970s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Art

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Etching

Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative
Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative

Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022) Title: "Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa" *Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower left Year: 1970 Medium: Original Graphite Pen...

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1970s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Art

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Graphite, Pencil, Illustration Board, Board

Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein
Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein

Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Philip Pearlstein Title: Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes Year: 2010 Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 40 Size: 34.5 x 25 in. (87.63 x ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

"Two Reclining Nudes" Lithograph on Paper, Figurative, Female Nudes
"Two Reclining Nudes" Lithograph on Paper, Figurative, Female Nudes

"Two Reclining Nudes" Lithograph on Paper, Figurative, Female Nudes

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Detroit, MI

"Two Reclining Nudes" is an exceptional Lithograph of Pearlstein's Realistic style. The nudes are posed reclining, neither engaged with either each other or the viewer, and give the atmosphere of being in a dream state. It is an intimate scene without intimacy. Their full-figured bodies exude power and strength which is reinforced by not fitting within the frame. This Lithograph is #42 of an edition of 100 with one blind stamp, and signed by the artist all located in the upper left corner. Philip Pearlstein is an American painter born in Pittsburgh, PA, and best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. In 1941, his junior year in high school, he received his first recognition when awarded first and third prizes in Scholastic Magazine’s 14th National High School Art Exhibition. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology but the draft limited his attendance to one year. After discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Carnegie Tech where he received his BFA in 1949. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City where he pursued work in graphic design and received a Master’s degree in art history from New York University in 1955. Pearlstein worked as a graphic designer for Life Magazine before becoming an instructor at the Pratt Institute, and then a professor at Brooklyn College; he has also served as a visiting artist at several prestigious institutions throughout the country. His work has been exhibited in several solo exhibitions throughout the United States with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Pearlstein served as a President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters from 2003-2006 and currently lives and works in New York. “It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.” —Philip Pearlstein In spring of 1946 he becomes assistant to Robert Lepper, head of the Design Program at Carnegie Institute of Technology, at the firm of Altenhof and Bown, Architects, and designs catalogs for building products through 1949. Meanwhile he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology and studied with Robert Lepper, Balcomb Green, and Samuel Rosenberg. Meets Dorothy Cantor, George Klauber, and Andy Warhol (Warhola), fellow students at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Serves as art editor of the Carnegie Technical, the student publication of the Engineering School, through 1949 when he received his BFA and moved to New York to live with Andy Warhol. A few months later he worked with graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar in design and production of catalogs of plumbing fixtures and ventilators for the next eight years. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University where he studied with Karl Lehmann, Craig Smith and Jose Lopez-Rey. In 1954 Clement Greenberg selectd Pearlstein to be in “Emerging Talent” show at Kootz Gallery, New York. Torso is shown. Show includes Herman Cherry, Paul Freeley, Paul Georges, Cornelia Langer, Saul Leiter, Morris Louis, Anthony Louvis, Sue Mitchell, Kenneth Noland, and Theophil Groell. He received his M.A. in Art History from Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. His thesis on Francis Picabia with Jose Lopez-Rey and H.W. Janson as advisors. In September of 1958 he received a Fulbright Grant for Painting in Italy and traveled to Rome, Florence, Venice, Amalfi Coast and Sicily. Back in New York his drawing group includes at various times during the following thirteen years: Ann Arnold, Rudolph Burkhardt, Charles Cajori, Gretna Campbell, Lois Dodd, Louis Finkelstein, Joe Fiore, Sideo and Nora Fromboluti, Mary Frank, Stephen Greene, Theophil Groell (Repke), Philip Guston, Yvonne Jacquette, Diana Kurtz, Alex Katz, Gabriel Laberman, Mercedes Matter, George McNeil, Sidney Tillim, Jack Tworkov and William White. Meets initially in Mercedes Matter’s studio. Continues to meet with group at various locations, including his own studio through 1972. In 1969 and 1971 he received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation grant. In 1982 he served as the Artist in Residence at the American Academy of Art, Rome. In addition to other numerous awards and honors he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Center for Creative Studies and the College of Art & Design, Detroit, Michigan in 2000. Other known CCS faculty and graduates are Susan Aaron-Taylor, Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing, Stephen Dinehart, Tyree Guyton, Renee Radell, Herb Babcock, Jerome Ferretti...

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1970s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Art

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American Modernist  Sacsahuaman Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein
American Modernist  Sacsahuaman Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein

American Modernist Sacsahuaman Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Surfside, FL

Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-) Large Sacsahuaman Landscape Etching Aquatint, 1979 From the series Ruins and Landscapes. Sugar-lift, aquatint and roulette on ivory wove paper. Sacsayhuamán, often spelled Sacsahuaman or Saqsaywaman (from Quechua Saqsaywaman (pukara) '(fortress) of the royal falcon or hawk') is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 m (12,142 ft). The complex was built by the Incas in the 15th century, particularly under Sapa Incan Pachacuti and his successors. Dry stone walls constructed of huge stones were built on the site, with the workers carefully cutting the boulders to fit them together tightly without mortar. In 1983, Cusco and Sacsayhuamán together were designated as sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, for international recognition and protection. Philip Pearlstein is an influential American painter best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Philip M. Pearlstein was born on May 24, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Saturday morning classes at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art. In 1942, at the age of 18, two of his paintings won a national competition sponsored by Scholastic Magazine, and were reproduced in color in Life magazine. In 1942, he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology's art school, in Pittsburgh, where he painted two portraits of his parents now held by the Carnegie Museum of Art, but after one year he was drafted by the US Army to serve during World War II. He was initially assigned to the Training Aids Unit at Camp Blanding, Florida, where he produced charts, weapon assembly diagrams and signs. In this role, he learned printmaking and the screenprinting process, and subsequently was stationed in Italy making road signs. While in Italy, he took in as much renaissance art as was accessible in Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan, and also produced numerous drawings depicting life in the Army. In 1946, sponsored by the GI Bill, he returned to Carnegie Institute, and first met Andy Warhol, who was attracted to Pearlstein because of his notoriety in the school, having been featured in Life magazine. During the summer of 1947, the three rented a barn as a summer studio. Immediately after graduating in June 1949 with a BFA, Pearlstein and Warhol moved to New York City, at first sharing an eighth-floor walkup tenement apartment on St. Mark's Place at Avenue A. He was eventually hired by Czech designer Ladislav Sutnar, mainly doing industrial catalog...

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1970s American Modern Philip Pearlstein Art

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Paper, Aquatint

Large American Modern Stonehenge Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein
Large American Modern Stonehenge Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein

Large American Modern Stonehenge Landscape Aquatint Etching Philip Pearlstein

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Surfside, FL

Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022) Stonehenge Landscape Sugar Lift Aquatint Etching with Roulette on Rives BFK Paper, 1979 Series: Ruins and Landscapes Printer: Orlando Condesso Printer: Nancy Brokopp Medium: Sugar-lift aquatint with roulette Philip Pearlstein is an influential American painter best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Philip M. Pearlstein was born on May 24, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Saturday morning classes at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art. In 1942, at the age of 18, two of his paintings won a national competition sponsored by Scholastic Magazine, and were reproduced in color in Life magazine. In 1942, he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology's art school, in Pittsburgh, where he painted two portraits of his parents now held by the Carnegie Museum of Art, but after one year he was drafted by the US Army to serve during World War II. He was initially assigned to the Training Aids Unit at Camp Blanding, Florida, where he produced charts, weapon assembly diagrams and signs. In this role, he learned printmaking and the screenprinting process, and subsequently was stationed in Italy making road signs. While in Italy, he took in as much renaissance art as was accessible in Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan, and also produced numerous drawings depicting life in the Army. In 1946, sponsored by the GI Bill, he returned to Carnegie Institute, and first met Andy Warhol, who was attracted to Pearlstein because of his notoriety in the school, having been featured in Life magazine. During the summer of 1947, the three rented a barn as a summer studio. Immediately after graduating in June 1949 with a BFA, Pearlstein and Warhol moved to New York City, at first sharing an eighth-floor walkup tenement apartment on St. Mark's Place at Avenue A. He was eventually hired by Czech designer Ladislav Sutnar, mainly doing industrial catalog...

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1970s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940
Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940

Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - ) Title: Italian Still Life Year: 1940 Medium: Oil on Board, signed Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches

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1940s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Oil

Landscape, Modern Painting by Philip Pearlstein
Landscape, Modern Painting by Philip Pearlstein

Landscape, Modern Painting by Philip Pearlstein

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - ) Title: Landscape Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Board Size: 12 in. x 26 in. (30.48 cm x 66.04 cm) Frame Size: 16.5 x 20.5 inches

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1940s American Modern Philip Pearlstein Art

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Two Nude Women with Lion
Two Nude Women with Lion

Two Nude Women with Lion

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - 2022) Title: Two Nude Women with Lion Year: 1993 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 179/...

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1990s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

Philip Pearlstein 'View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan' NYC signed, print
Philip Pearlstein 'View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan' NYC signed, print

Philip Pearlstein 'View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan' NYC signed, print

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in San Rafael, CA

Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022) View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan, 1977 Aquatint in colors on wove paper Edition 7/41 Signed, editioned and titled in pencil lower left Printed by the Orl...

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1970s Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Aquatint

Contemporary color lithograph nude female figures horses red black signed
Contemporary color lithograph nude female figures horses red black signed

Contemporary color lithograph nude female figures horses red black signed

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Models & Horses" is an original color lithograph by Philip Pearlstein. The artist signed the piece lower left and it is edition 15/140. This piece features two nude female models lo...

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1990s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

NUDE
NUDE

NUDE

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Portland, ME

Pearlstein, Philip. NUDE. Etching, 1976. Edition of 30, signed, dated and numbered 26/30 all in pencil. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (plate), 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (sheet). In excellent condition.

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1970s Philip Pearlstein Art

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Etching

"The Lithographs and Etchings of Philip Pearlstein"
"The Lithographs and Etchings of Philip Pearlstein"

"The Lithographs and Etchings of Philip Pearlstein"

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in New York, NY

Philip Pearlstein "The Lithographs and Etchings of Philip Pearlstein" Boston University Art Gallery, 1979 Exhibition poster 25 x 32.5 inches Signed recto

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1970s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Offset

MODEL WITH CHINESE KITE
MODEL WITH CHINESE KITE

MODEL WITH CHINESE KITE

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 175. All reasonable offers will be conside...

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Two Nudes on a Blue Coverlet (Ltd. Ed. 41/65, Signed) - Large Modern Framed
Two Nudes on a Blue Coverlet (Ltd. Ed. 41/65, Signed) - Large Modern Framed

Two Nudes on a Blue Coverlet (Ltd. Ed. 41/65, Signed) - Large Modern Framed

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in New Orleans, LA

An image that is classic for the great Philip Pearlstein: starkly realist, non-romantic, beautifully-wrought. Very large and powerful on the wall, professionally float-framed. Quite ...

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1970s Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

Models and Horses
Models and Horses

Models and Horses

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

This lithograph was created by American artist Philip Pearlstein. A key figure in the sharp-focus realist movement, he was a leader in the early 1960s of the revival of figure painti...

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1990s Photorealist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

Seated Nude
Seated Nude

Seated Nude

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

An original signed lithograph on Arches cream wove paper by American artist Philip Pearlstein (1924-) titled "Seated Nude", 1968. Hand inscribed, signed, and dated by Pearlstein in green pen...

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1960s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

"Two Female Models on Rocker and Stool" Lithograph with Seated Nude Females
"Two Female Models on Rocker and Stool" Lithograph with Seated Nude Females

"Two Female Models on Rocker and Stool" Lithograph with Seated Nude Females

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Detroit, MI

"Two Female Models on Rocker & Stool" is an exceptional Lithograph of Pearlstein's Realistic style. The nudes are posed seated frontally, are neither engaged with either each other or the viewer, and give the atmosphere of being happening upon as they take a break. It is an intimate scene and may suggest the viewer as voyeur. Their full-figured bodies exude power and strength which is reinforced by not fitting within the frame. This Lithograph is #11 of an edition of 20 with two blind stamps on the lower left corner and signed by the artist. Philip Pearlstein is an American painter born in Pittsburgh, PA, and best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. In 1941, his junior year in high school, he received his first recognition when awarded first and third prizes in Scholastic Magazine’s 14th National High School Art Exhibition. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology but the draft limited his attendance to one year. After discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Carnegie Tech where he received his BFA in 1949. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City where he pursued work in graphic design and received a Master’s degree in art history from New York University in 1955. Pearlstein worked as a graphic designer for Life Magazine before becoming an instructor at the Pratt Institute, and then a professor at Brooklyn College; he has also served as a visiting artist at several prestigious institutions throughout the country. His work has been exhibited in several solo exhibitions throughout the United States with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Pearlstein served as a President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters from 2003-2006 and currently lives and works in New York. “It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.” —Philip Pearlstein. In spring of 1946 he becomes assistant to Robert Lepper, head of the Design Program at Carnegie Institute of Technology, at the firm of Altenhof and Bown, Architects, and designs catalogs for building products through 1949. Meanwhile he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology and studied with Robert Lepper, Balcomb Green, and Samuel Rosenberg. Meets Dorothy Cantor, George Klauber, and Andy Warhol (Warhola), fellow students at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Serves as art editor of the Carnegie Technical, the student publication of the Engineering School, through 1949 when he received his BFA and moved to New York to live with Andy Warhol. A few months later he worked with graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar in design and production of catalogs of plumbing fixtures and ventilators for the next eight years. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University where he studied with Karl Lehmann, Craig Smith and Jose Lopez...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Seated Nude with Kimono (Signed & Dated)
Seated Nude with Kimono (Signed & Dated)

Seated Nude with Kimono (Signed & Dated)

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in New Orleans, LA

Signed by Pearlstein and numbered 13/125. Beautifully framed and matted, in a simple museum frame (saving you the framing cost!). Pearlstein is quite famous, but here's a brief exc...

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1980s Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein
Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein

Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes, by Philip Pearlstein

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Philip Pearlstein Title: Nude Model with Banner and Fish Weathervanes Year: 2010 Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 40 Size: 34.5 x 25 in. (87.63 x ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

Girl in Ballerina Dress (Thonet Chair) Color Lithograph, American Modernist
Girl in Ballerina Dress (Thonet Chair) Color Lithograph, American Modernist

Girl in Ballerina Dress (Thonet Chair) Color Lithograph, American Modernist

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Surfside, FL

Girl in Ballerina Dress, c. 1970 Color lithograph printed on wove paper, hand signed in pencil and numbered 22/75, with the inkstamp of the publisher, Landfall Press, Chicago (they have published an eclectic list of many important artists including Christo, Judy Chicago, David Levinthal and Jack tworkov to name a few.) Philip Pearlstein is an influential American painter best known for Modernist Realism nudes. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums. Philip M. Pearlstein was born on May 24, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Saturday morning classes at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art. In 1942, at the age of 18, two of his paintings won a national competition sponsored by Scholastic Magazine, and were reproduced in color in Life magazine. In 1942, he enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology's art school, in Pittsburgh, where he painted two portraits of his parents now held by the Carnegie Museum of Art, but after one year he was drafted by the US Army to serve during World War II. He was initially assigned to the Training Aids Unit at Camp Blanding, Florida, where he produced charts, weapon assembly diagrams and signs. In this role, he learned printmaking and the screenprinting process, and subsequently was stationed in Italy making road signs. While in Italy, he took in as much renaissance art as was accessible in Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan, and also produced numerous drawings depicting life in the Army. In 1946, sponsored by the GI Bill, he returned to Carnegie Institute, and first met Andy Warhol, who was attracted to Pearlstein because of his notoriety in the school, having been featured in Life magazine. During the summer of 1947, the three rented a barn as a summer studio. Immediately after graduating in June 1949 with a BFA, Pearlstein and Warhol moved to New York City, at first sharing an eighth-floor walkup tenement apartment on St. Mark's Place at Avenue A. He was eventually hired by Czech designer Ladislav Sutnar...

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1970s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Art

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Lithograph

NUDE MODEL WITH BANNER AND FISH WEATHERVANE

NUDE MODEL WITH BANNER AND FISH WEATHERVANE

By Philip Pearlstein

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 40. All reasonable offers will be considered.

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2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Art

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Paper, Lithograph

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