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Modernist Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude by Irving Amen, Ca. 1960
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IRVING AMEN (American, 1918-2011) was one of the most versatile American artists of any era, creating oil paintings, woodcuts, linocuts, etchings, engravings, lithographs, as well as sculpture, and stained glass. In his work, Amen blended several styles into his own, including Cubism, Abstract art, Expressionism, and Realism. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people, music, Italy and Don Quixote. His art is widely owned and loved.
Amen’s work is represented in the Albertina Museum, Vienna; Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Bibliotheque Royale, Brussels; Museum of Fine Art Boston; Cincinnati Museum of Art; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Library of Congress, Washington; Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, New York; New York Public Library; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; and Stadtische Museum, Wilberfeld, Germany.
An extremely prolific artist, Irving Amen left behind a large number of paintings and graphic works that covered an array of subjects, many on religious and family themes but always with a wide color palette, retaining harmonious tonality. However, he was also an even more remarkably talented sculptor, although he created his sculptures much less frequently. All of his outstanding sculptural compositions are distinguished by precise delineation of structure and form, with sharp linear angles.
A native New Yorker, he won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute at age 14, and was regarded as a prodigy artist. From 1942 to 1945 Irving Amen served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium. He exhibited at the Smithsonian shortly after his service in the Armed Forces in WW II.
His first exhibition of woodcut was held at the New School for Social Research and his second at the Smithsonian Institution in 1949. He also exhibited at the Artists House in Jerusalem, the Library of Congress, and the National Academy of Design. Amen studied in Paris in 1950. Upon his return to the United States, he had one man shows in New York and Washington DC. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. Travels to Israel, Greece and Turkey in 1960 led to a retrospective show at the Artist's House in Jerusalem. Irving Amen has also taught at Pratt Institute and at the University of Notre Dame in the 1960s.
Irving Amen is listed in Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and the Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings. Amen was also a member of the Society Of American Graphic Artists. He was elected member of Accademia Fiorentina Delle Arti Del Disegno, an organization to which Michelangelo, his idol, belonged.
- Creator:Irving Amen (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1960
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. We make our best effort to provide a fair and descriptive condition report. Please examine photos attentively, as they are an integral part of the description. Send us a message to request more details or discuss price.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2819331887622
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