בידספיריט | Irving Amen (1918-2011)

Irving Amen (1918-2011) - ”Street Scene-Mexico”, Oil on Canvas 30 X 24 in Irving Amen was a painter, print maker and sculptor.Born in New York City in 1918, he began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old. With Michelangelo as his idol, he spent seven years in life classes perfecting his drawing.From 1942 to 1945 he served with the Armed Forces. He headed a mural project and executed murals in the United States and Belgium.His first exhibition in woodcut was held at the New School for Social Research and his second at the Smithsonian Institution in 1949 and 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.