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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Europa by Adrian Van Suchtelen, Image 1.

    Adrian Van Suchtelen

    Europa, 1982

    Etching on paper

    13.5 x 17 in (34.29 x 43.18 cm)

  2. B Bear by Irwin Hollander, Image 1.

    Irwin Hollander

    B Bear, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    13 x 10.75 in (33.02 x 27.31 cm)

  3. Resting Cat by Karel Appel, Image 1.

    Karel Appel

    Resting Cat, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

  4. Untitled by Harold Boyd, Image 1.

    Harold Boyd

    Untitled, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    13 x 20 in (33.02 x 50.8 cm)

  5. Pieta by Jean-Paul Riopelle, Image 1.

    Jean-Paul Riopelle

    Pieta, 1967

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    11 x 15 in (27.94 x 38.1 cm)

  6. Raúl Corrales

    Che Guevara, 1959

    Inkjet reproduction poster

    18.875 x 26.75 in (47.94 x 67.95 cm)

  7. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth, 1803

    Engraving on paper

    17.25 x 23 in (43.82 x 58.42 cm)

  8. Fishing Boat; A High Bridge; Untitled; The Lake in the Moonlight by Koho Shoda, Image 1.

    Koho Shoda

    Fishing Boat; A High Bridge; Untitled; The Lake in the Moonlight, 1920-1929

    Woodcut on paper

    13 x 3 in (33.02 x 7.62 cm)

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About the artist

Will Petersen

American

1928-1994

American master painter, printer, and cartoonist. He was also a poet, an abstract expressionist, and a Beat Era painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He acted in Japanese B-movies and was the owner of Evanston's Plucked Chicken Press, which he started with his third wife. In 1952, he was drafted by the US Army and sent to Korea, then to Hokkaido, Japan. He learned the art of calligraphy under Master Tahaa and fell in love with ancient Noh plays, as he continued to perform in a troupe while teaching English at Japanese colleges and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. He then moved back to United States to teach drawing at Ohio State University with his family. After divorcing his Japanese wife, he married Cynthia Archer, a printmaking graduate from Wester Virginia University, where he taught as the head of the printmaking department. In his remaining years until his death in 1994, he solely focused on his own works.