Louis Schanker (1903-1981) - Circle Image No. 25

Louis Schanker (1903–1981), U.S. painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator.

Large, a polychrome woodcut on Japanese paper created in the 1950s by the prominent American artist Louis Schanker, in a limited edition of 200 copies (this is number 95). It is in good condition with still very fresh colors. Signed and numbered in pencil. Framed with a passe-partout. Overall dimensions: 60x85cm.


Louis Schanker (1903-1981) was a printmaker, painter, and muralist in Stamford, Connecticut. Before becoming an artist, Schanker ran away from home to join the circus, traveling around the country in the 1920s. In 1931-1932, Schanker took art classes at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Between 1934 and 1939, Schanker completed 11 mural panels for the Neponsit Beach Hospital on Long Island, and murals for radio station WNYC and the Science and Health Building at the New York World's Fair. Schanker later taught at the New School and Bard College. Schanker was also part of an artist protest group called The Ten, which opposed American scene painting at the Whitney Museum of Art.