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1900 Riga, Latvia - 1983 New York City. Known for: Color woodcut, lithography, abstract painting, teaching.
Adja Yunkers, of Latvian birth, studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London and, after a period of travel, established a worshop in Stockholm. In 1946 he came to the United States where, three... Read full biography
Adja Yunkers, of Latvian birth, studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London and, after a period of travel, established a worshop in Stockholm. In 1946 he came to the United States where, three years later, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His color woodblocks have been exhibited throughout... Read full biography
Adja Yunkers, of Latvian birth, studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London and, after a period of travel, established a worshop in Stockholm. In 1946 he came to the United States where, three years later, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His color woodblocks have been exhibited throughout this country - most recently at the Borgenicht Gallery, New York (1953). The five panel polyptych from this exhibition is now on tour - to be shown in 25 major American museums. He is represented in... Read full biography
Adja Yunkers, of Latvian birth, studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London and, after a period of travel, established a worshop in Stockholm. In 1946 he came to the United States where, three years later, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His color woodblocks have been exhibited throughout this country - most recently at the Borgenicht Gallery, New York (1953). The five panel polyptych from this exhibition is now on tour - to be shown in 25 major American museums. He is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan, Boston, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia Museums, the New York Public Library, the National and Corcoran Galleries and many other instituions here and abroad. Information included with the sale of a print of... Read full biography
Adja Yunkers, of Latvian birth, studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London and, after a period of travel, established a worshop in Stockholm. In 1946 he came to the United States where, three years later, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His color woodblocks have been exhibited throughout this country - most recently at the Borgenicht Gallery, New York (1953). The five panel polyptych from this exhibition is now on tour - to be shown in 25 major American museums. He is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan, Boston, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia Museums, the New York Public Library, the National and Corcoran Galleries and many other instituions here and abroad. Information included with the sale of a print of Adja Yunkers. The source is Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". Courtesy, Kevin Pyle, Bloomfield, New Jersey.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •New School For Social Research (The New School), Teacher
- •Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Albuquerque, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Ford Foundation Grant
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts