Jewish Musuem of Florida-FIU Presents: Marc Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Lee Krasner,& Alexander Calder – Masters in “The Art of the Lithograph”
Miami Beach, FL – November 7, 2018 – The Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Susan Gladstone, welcomed museum members and collectors to the opening of The Art of the Lithograph, now on view for Art Basel Season through March 3. The works are on loan from some of America’s leading private and public collections, including: The Metropolitan Art Museum, The New York Historical Society, the Collection of Lori Gold and Alan Hall of Miami Beach, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Artists featured in the exhibition include: Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Jim Dine, Don Eddy, R.B. Kitaj, Lee Krasner, Roy Lichtenstein, Peter Max and Camille Pissarro, among others. Twenty-nine gorgeous prints explore the lithography process, taking the visitor from lithography stones to off-set and computer-to-plate printing. Printmaking educators Kathleen Hudspeth and Jennifer Basile provided a lively discussion about the many facets of this medium and its rich history.