Harry Shoulberg[1] (1903 – 1995) was an American
expressionistpainter.[2]
He was known to be among the early group of
WPA artists working in the screen print (
serigraph) medium,[3] as well as oil.
Biography
Harry Shoulberg was born October 25, 1903, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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.
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 Artists School, 1935–1937; and then privately at the studios of artists
Sol Wilson (1894–1974) and
Carl Holty.
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: "Art for Bonds," Artists Associates, New York City;
1944, 1945: National Serigraph Society's Fourth Annual, Norlyst Gallery;
1947, 1948: "Current American Prints,"
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA;
1949: Philadelphia Print Club, 10th Annual Color Print Society; National Serigraph Society's 12th Annual, Serigraph Galleries, New York City; The Bearskin Neck Art Gallery,
Rockport, Massachusetts;