13 Facts About Irwin Hollander

Irwin Hollander was an American artist and master printmaker, based in New York City.

Irwin Hollander helped revive lithography as a fine art around the 1960s.

Irwin Hollander grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and was childhood friends with actor Mel Brooks.

Irwin Hollander attended High School of Art and Design and two years at Washington Irving High School in New York City.

Irwin Hollander learned photography in high school and got a job at Macy's department store, taking photographs for advertisements.

Irwin Hollander used his GI Bill and studied at Brooklyn Museum Art School.

Irwin Hollander struggled in his early life with work, eventually wanting to learn commercial lithography printing however since he did not have the job training or skills, he learned by taking a series of jobs and getting fired from them.

Tamarind and Irwin Hollander were instrumental in introducing American postwar artists to printmaking as a fine art tool.

In 1964 he moved back to New York City to open his own print studio, Irwin Hollander's Workshop located at 90 East 10th Street.

Irwin Hollander was offering established New York artists such as Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning a fast and cheaper way to sell art.

Irwin Hollander closed Hollander's Workshop in 1972, and decided to teach printmaking at Cranbrook Academy of Art for many years and was the head of the Printmaking Department from 1973 to 1975, before he focused on creating his own work.

Irwin Hollander died 16 November 2018 in Brooklyn, New York.

Irwin Hollander's work is in many public art collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and others.