biografía de Winold REISS (1886-1953)

Lugar de nacimiento: Karlsruhe, Germany

Lugar de defunción: NYC

Direcciones: New York 11, NY

Profesión: Painter, designer

Estudios: in Germany.

Exposiciones: Salons of Am.; S. Indp. A.; AWCS; AIC; NAD; Anderson Gal. (solo); Europe; Shepherd Gal., NYC, 1988; Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY, 1991; Smithsonian Inst. traveling solo, 1991 ("To Color America")

Asociaciones: AWCS; NSMP; Arch. Lg.; Woodstock AA

Obra: Cincinnati Union Terminal; Woolaroc Mus., Bartlesville, OK; Minneapolis Inst. Art; Grand Central Art Gal.; Browning (MT) Mus.; Woodstock AA

Comentarios: During the 1920s-30s, he documented the American Indian, the Harlem Renaissance, and the working class. In 1939, he produced the nation"s largest mural for the WFNY, and he was well-known for his Art Deco designs for Longchamps and Crillon in France. He ran art schools in NYC, Woodstcok, and Glacier Nat. Park. His illustrations appeared in many national magazines as well as his book, Blackfeet Indians (1935). Lectures: color; mural painting.

Fuentes: WW53; addit. info. courtesy Woodstock AA.