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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Trophies by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Trophies, 1978

    Offset print

    19.8125 x 13.875 in (50.32 x 35.24 cm)

  2. It Began in Michigan by Robert Malone, Image 1.

    Robert Malone

    It Began in Michigan, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    18 x 22.5 in (45.72 x 57.15 cm)

  3. Dos Mujeres y la Gran Cortina con Sombras by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Image 1.

    Manuel Alvarez Bravo

    Dos Mujeres y la Gran Cortina con Sombras, 1977

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

  4. Pyramid II by Doug Warner, Image 1.

    Doug Warner

    Pyramid II, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 12.75 in (38.1 x 32.39 cm)

  5. Boats by Nicholas Monro, Image 1.

    Nicholas Monro

    Boats, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    20.125 x 37.875 in (51.12 x 96.2 cm)

  6. The Witches by Thom O'Connor, Image 1.

    Thom O'Connor

    The Witches, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    6 x 12.75 in (15.24 x 32.39 cm)

  7. Slakers by Bernard Childs, Image 1.

    Bernard Childs

    Slakers, 1967

    Collograph on paper

    17.5 x 14 in (44.45 x 35.56 cm)

  8. Charles Sheeler and His Favorite Beech Tree by Barbara Morgan, Image 1.

    Barbara Morgan

    Charles Sheeler and His Favorite Beech Tree, 1945

    Gelatin silver print

    20 x 15.75 in (50.8 x 40.01 cm)

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About the artist

Jose Ortega

Spanish

1921-1991

Spanish painter and printmaker. When the Spanish Civil War broke (1936), Ortega was already a protest artist at age 15. After joining the Communist Party, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. After being acquitted (1952), he enrolled at the National School of Graphic Arts and the Club of Fine Arts in Madrid. He received a French government scholarship (1953) to study at École Estienne and the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He returned to Spain (1954-1960) where he lived in hiding and travelled to China to receive awards. He founded the group “Popular Prints” and went into exile in Paris (1960-1970) where he won numerous awards and became considered one of the major Spanish artists of the new generation. His work evolved to a less schematic representation, “tinged with metaphysics and steeped in mystery.”