Al Blaustein

This article is about the American painter and printmaker. For the American civil rights and human rights lawyer, see Albert Blaustein.
Al Blaustein
Born(1924-01-23)January 23, 1924
New York, New York
DiedJuly 15, 2004(2004-07-15) (aged 80)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forArtist, Educator
Websitealblaustein.com

Alfred H. Blaustein (1924-2004) was an American painter and printmaker.[1]

Biography

Blaustein was born on January 23, 1924, in New York City, where he attended the High School of Music & Art[2][3] He served in the United States Air Force for three years during World War II.[4] Blaustein went on to study at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[4]

Blaustein started his artistic career working for magazines including Fortune, Life, Natural History, and The Reporter.[5]

Blaustein taught from 1949 through 2004, first at the Albright Art School, then at Yale University. He taught at the Pratt Institute for 45 years from 1959 through 2004.[3] At Pratt he served, for a time, as Chairman of Printmaking.[5]

He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1958 and 1961.[5] He was also the recipient of the Prix de Rome.[4] His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] the National Gallery of Art[8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art[9]

Blaustein married Lotte Heilbrunn on 13 May 1949.[10] They had a son Marc.[11] Both Lotte and Marc were graphic designers.[5] Blaustein died in New York City on July 15, 2004.[2] A collection of his works and papers is at Rutgers University in the Special Collections and University Archives.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Al Blaustein". AskArt. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Blaustein, Al H., 1924-2004". LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Al Blaustein - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Guide to the Al Blaustein Collection". Special Collections and University Archives. Rutgers University. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Al Blaustein". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Al Blaustein". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Al Blaustein". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Al Blaustein". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Aufbau Indexing Project One-Step Search Results". Aufbau Indexing Project. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths BLAUSTEIN, AL". The New York Times. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2022.