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Eichenberg, Fritz was born on October 24, 1901 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Siegfried and Ida (Marcus) Eichenberg. came to the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1941.
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The liveliest and most comprehensive book on the graphic arts ever published. THE ART OF THE PRINT explores the development of the graphic arts from the earliest examples of true prints made in the Far East over a millennium ago to the latest experiments with new materials that have released the print from the flat surface of the sheet of paper and allowed it to assume surprising three-dimensional forms. Every technique of printmaking is covered, from the major processes of woodcut, intaglio, lithography, mezzotint, and silkscreen, to less common processes such as the monotype. Many of the works of art illustrated in THE ART OF THE PRINT have never been reproduced before. The author, Fritz Eichenberg, was Director Emeritus of the Pratt Graphics Center in New York City. He describes and illustrates each of the various techniques expertly and thoroughly, plainly enough for the reader and collector but also professionally enough for studio guidance. In addition to his own eloquent text, Eichenberg has assembled an anthology of statements by such older masters of printmaking as Durer, Rembrandt, Goya, Hogarth, Audubon, Piranesi, Cassatt, Degas, Picasso, Matisse, and Miro, and also comments by contemporary artists such as Rosenquist, Stalla, and Trova. The step-by-step progress of works by Carol Summers and Arthur Deshaies created specifically for THE ART OF THE PRINT is also illustrated. Thus, all the various techniques are investigated, defined, and explained. Illuminating comparisons are also offered between artists who worked centuries apart but who are united by subject or style, with comparative illustrations reproduced side-by-side. And there is a section devoted to the great graphics workshops, past and present, illustrated with prints created in them. Combining a wealth of illustrative material, historical and technical information, and definitive commentary, THE ART OF THE PRINT will provide an indispensable and truly satisfying art book and reference.
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Eichenberg, Fritz was born on October 24, 1901 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Siegfried and Ida (Marcus) Eichenberg. came to the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1941.
Student, School Applied Arts, Cologne, 1920. Student, State Academy Graphic Arts, Leipzig, 1923. Doctor of Fine Arts, Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1972.
Doctor of Fine Arts, University Rhode Island, 1974. Doctor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1976. Doctor of Fine Arts, California College Arts and Crafts, 1978.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Marymount College, 1984. Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Stonehill College, 1985.
His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice and nonviolence. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes both wrote and illustrated his own reporting.
He taught art at the New School for Social Research and at Pratt Institute and was part of the World Pet Association"s Federal Arts Project.
Eichenberg also served as the head of the art department at the University of Rhode Island and laid out the printmaking studios there. In his prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg worked with many forms of literature but specialized in material with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire, illustrating such authors as include Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen.
Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day—whom he met at a Quaker conference on religion and publishing in 1949—and frequently contributed illustrations to Day"s newspaper the Catholic Worker. In 1947, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1949.
Eichenberg was a former director of Graphic Arts Center in Brooklyn and was on the faculty of Pratt Institute and later a former head of the art department at University of Rhode Island.
He died at home in Peace Dale, Rhode Island on November 30,1990 at age 89 from complications from Parkinson"s disease.
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Fellow Royal Society Arts Great Britain, Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commmerce (United Kingdom, honorary correspondent). Member National Academy of Design, Society of America Graphic Artists, National Academy of Design.
Son of Siegfried and Ida (Marcus) E. M. Mary Altmann, 1926 (deceased 1937). 1 daughter, Suzanne; m.
Margaret Ladenburg, 1941 (divorced 1965). 1 son, Timothy; m. Antonie Schulze-Forster, 1975.