Harry Shoulberg
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| Harry Shoulberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903 Philadelphia, PA |
| Died | 1995 New York City |
| Occupation | Expressionist Painter and serigrapher |
Harry Shoulberg (1903-1995) was among the early group of WPA artists working in the screen print (serigraph) medium, as well as oil.
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[edit] Biography
Harry Shoulberg was born, October 25, 1903 in Philadelphia, PA. His father, Max Shoulberg, was the fourth of twenty children and the first to be born in America. His mother was Tessie Derfler, a New Yorker of German descent. Harry Shoulberg grew up in New York, married Sylvia Hendler in 1931, and had one child, Ted. Harry Shoulberg died, April 15, 1995 in New York City.
[edit] Studied
Harry Shoulberg attended City College of New York where he studied biochemical engineering for three years before switching to fine arts in his last year. He continued his art education at the John Reed School, 1934-1935; the American Artist School, 1935-1937; and then privately at the studios of artists Sol Wilson 1894-1974 and Carl Holty 1900-1973.
[edit] Silk Screen (serigraph)
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harry Shoulberg in 1944 became a member of the National Serigraph Society. His serigraphs have been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, the Library of Congress and the Audubon Society. His serigraphs have won prizes from the National Serigraph Society and the American Color Print Society and are in the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Carnegie Institute, the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, the Milwaukee Art Institute and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
[edit] Exhibitions
Harry Shoulberg participated in the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) (1936-1942). He exhibited: 1936: in the Temporary Galleries of the Municipal Art Committee, City of New York; 1938: Teachers' Exhibition, New York City; 1940: New York World's Fair, United American Artists; 1941: Corcoran "Biennial," The American Federation of Arts circ.; The New York Council for Art week, Inc., the painting was purchased by Metropolitan Museum of Art: (Rockport Street, 1941); 1942: Puma Gallery, New York City; 1943: Artists Associates, New York City, "Art for Bonds;" 1944, '45: National Serigraph Society's Fourth Annual, Norlyst Gallery; 1945: Modernage Art Gallery; 1946: Carnegie Institute, American Print Show; 1946, '47: Serigraph Galleries; 1947: Frances Webb Galleries Los Angeles; University of Denver, Colorado, Paintings; Cape Ann Society of Modern Artists, Rockport; 1947, '48: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Current American Prints; 1949: Philadelphia Print Club, 10th Annual Color Print Society; National Serigraph Society's 12th Annual, Serigraph Galleries, New York City; The Bearskin Neek Art Gallery, Rockport; 1950: National Serigraph Society circ., under Department of the Army shown in Germany, Japan and Austria; University of Minnesota, The University Gallery, First National Print competition; 1956: The Joe and Emily Foundation, 8th Annual Emily Lowe Competition; Guild Hall Annual Members’ Exhibition, East Hampton, LI; 1957: Silvermine Guild of Artists, Inc.; 1956, ’63, ’66, ’73, ’79, ’82, ’84: Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey, Inc.; 1963, 1967, 1969: Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences; 1965: Audubon Artists, Inc., New York City: 23rd Annual; 1966: American Society of Contemporary Artists: 49th Annual; 1968, '75: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; 1968, ’73, ’76: Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY; 1968 ’76, ’80: American Society of Contemporary Artists, Brooklyn, NY; 1969: High Point Gallery, Lenox, MA;
[edit] Permanent Collections
Albrecht Gallery, St. Joseph, MO; University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Denver Art Museum, CO; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Milwaukee Art Institute, WI; Norfolk Museum, VA; San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CA; State University of New York at Binghamton, NY; State of New Jersey, Jersey City State College, NJ; Tel Aviv Art Museum, Israel; Wichita State University, KS;
[edit] Awards
Artists Associates, New York City, "Art for Bonds:" Still Life, won 1st prize, 1943; 1945; Milwaukee Art Institute, Purchase Prize, 1948; Serigraph Galleries, Inc., New York, The Bay, won Purchase Prize, 1949; American Color Print Society, Philadelphia, PA, The Bay, won the Florence F. Tonner Prize, 1949; Guild Hall Annual Members’ Exhibition, East Hampton, LI, won 1st prize, 1956; The Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey, Inc., won the Jane Peterson Philipp Prize, 1956, “The Grumbacher” Artist Material Co. Award, 1963, Talens & Son Material award, 1966; The Joe and Emily Foundation, 8th Annual Emily Lowe Competition, award winner oil paintings: Gas Tank; Arrangement, 1956; Silvermine Guild of Artists, Inc, Still Life, received Albert Kapp award, 1957; The Brooklyn Society of Artists, Brooklyn, NY won distinctive merit in Oils, 1961; Audubon Artists, Inc., New York City: 23rd Annual, Jane Peterson award, Flowers, 1965; American Society of Contemporary Artists: 49th Annual, M.J. Kaplan Memorial Award, Town, o/c, 1966;
[edit] Books
- Prize-Winning Art/Book 7, Compiled by Margaret Harold. Allied Publications, Inc./Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304, 1967.
library of congress no.:85-23508
- American Prize Prints of the 20th Century, by Albert Reese. American Artists Group, Inc, New York, 1949
