Extopia 1970

Year1970

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromArtist 2010 

Certificate of AuthenticityArtist Estate 

LID141149

Roy Ahlgren - United States

Art Brokerage:. Roy Ahlgren American Artist: b. 1927 - 2011. American Printmaker, painter and instructor, Roy Ahlgren was born in Erie, PA. In 1964 he began to work in the op and hard edge technique. Ahlgren began creating geometric abstract designs and continued to do so for 23 years. His media was both serigraphy and traditionally brushed pigment onto canvas. His compositions were unique with many being mathematically constructed with considerable precision. He received more than 60 prizes, among them purchase awards from the Seattle Art Museum, Minot State College, Texas Tech University Museum and the Mississippi Art Association. His work is in permanent collections of: the US Information Agency in Washington DC; the Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, OH; the Minneapolis Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fredrikstad, Norway; and other museums in Japan, Poland, Viet Nam, Brazil and the Netherlands. Ahlgren has exhibited at the National Academy of Design Annual in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Exhibition of Prints, the Library of Congress, and the International Exhibition of Graphic Art in Frechen, Germany. Listings wanted.