The Critic at the Collector's House from the collection of Villanova University Art Collection

The Critic at the Collector's House

Etching

19 x 15.5 in

Edition. 2/30

Signature: Signed at lower right, titled at lower left and numbered 2/30 and inscribed at lower center "for Ed Bernstain, an old friend"

Inv: 1992-ETCH-003

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Art critic Clement Greenberg championed modern art as it called attention to art itself and its elements rather than to a subject. A year following the Art 1963 exhibition, the Arts Council invited him to speak at their second exhibition.

After spending the evening with Greenberg, Maitin expressed mixed feelings about him. Maitin admired Greenberg for his passionate writing about abstract art and his desire that art could one day be obtainable for anyone who wanted it regardless of money. Greenberg’s “spoiled and wretched” personality, however, disillusioned Maitin, who believed that Greenberg made a name for himself through overly harsh criticism of artists. Maitin created this portrait within hours of the meeting.

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1928-2004

Sam Maitin (1928-2004) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, muralist, graphic designer, teacher, and political activist. Known as Philadelphia's unofficial "Mayor of the Arts", Maitin attended the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts (later changed to University of the Arts) before working at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication, Woodmere Museum, and more.

Common visual themes among Maitin's work include geometric shapes, bright and unblended colors, and the occasional addition of text. His work is in the permanent collection of several museums throughout Europe and the United States.

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