biography of Al BLAUSTEIN (1924-2004)

Birth place: Bronx, NY

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: CUASch., grad. fine arts; Prix de Rome fellowship, 1954-57; Am. Acad. Arts & Letters grant in painting, 1958; Guggenheim fellowship painting, 1958, printmaking, 1961.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1952, 1960, 1962; MMA, 1950, 1966; CI, 1952, 1964; WMAA, 1953, 1957, 1966; Brooklyn Mus. Print Ann., 1957-70; Corcoran Gal., 1959; Terry Dintenfass Gal., NYC, 1970s

Work: WMAA; MMA; AIC; LOC; PAFA. Commissions: drawing assignment, Life & British Overseas Food Corp., Tanzania, East Africa, 1948-49; fresco mural, S. Solon Meeting House, ME, 1953

Comments: Teaching: Yale Univ., 1959-62; Pratt Graphic Center, 1964-69; assoc. prof., Pratt Inst., 1959-70s; printing assignment, Fortune magazine, 1970.

Sources: WW73; Falk, WMAA (listed him as Alfred and Albert Blaustein in error); Falk, PA, vol. 3; Falk, Carnegie.