1. Irving Kriesberg was an American painter, sculptor, educator, author, and filmmaker, whose work combined elements of Abstract Expressionism with representational human, animal, and humanoid forms.
17 Facts About Irving Kriesberg
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Irving Kriesberg was born March 13,1919, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Irving Kriesberg graduated from Von Steuben High School in 1937 and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his BFA in 1941.
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Shortly after graduation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Irving Kriesberg traveled to Mexico City, where he lived and worked from 1941 until 1944.
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Irving Kriesberg studied graphic arts at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City and exhibited with Taller de Grafica Popular.
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In 1945, Irving Kriesberg moved to New York City and got a job animating signs in Times Square with Artkraft Strauss.
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Irving Kriesberg befriended the Cubist sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz, who introduced Irving Kriesberg's work to Curt Valentin.
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Irving Kriesberg had his first solo exhibition at the Curt Valentin Gallery in 1955.
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Irving Kriesberg had his first major museum show in 1952, when several of his paintings were selected by Dorothy Miller, curator of the Museum of Modern Art, for the landmark group exhibition, 15 Americans.
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In 1961, Irving Kriesberg had a solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum.
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The exhibition was a 15 year career retrospective for Irving Kriesberg, featuring works from 1945 through 1960.
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In 1965, Irving Kriesberg received a Fulbright Fellowship to travel to India.
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Irving Kriesberg traveled the countryside and made a significant body of paintings on canvas and paper in Simla.
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In 1966, Irving Kriesberg presented this work in a 1966 solo exhibition at the Kumar Gallery in New Delhi.
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Irving Kriesberg taught at several academic institutions including: Parsons School of Design, New York City, Pratt Institute, NY, Yale University, City University of New York, State University, NY, and Columbia University.
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Irving Kriesberg created two avant-garde animations Pastoral and Out of Into.
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Irving Kriesberg created several works of public art, including a banner for the 1989 Passover Peace Coalition rally and a 40-foot banner called Peace Dove, which was an integral visual element of the June 12th Rally for nuclear disarmament in 1982.