Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001

Harry Sternberg was an artist represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser took a personal interest in Sternberg's career, and Sternberg is one of the artist profiled in Zigrosser's book, The Artist in America.

Harry Sternberg (1904- ) was a Graphic artist/painter of Escondido, Calif.

Graphic artist/painter; Escondido, Calif.

Painter, graphic artist; b. 1904, d. 2001; New York, N.Y. and Escondido, Calif.

Harry Sternberg was a socially engaged New York artist who relocated to California in 1957. He grew up in New York surrounded by poverty, an experience that conditioned his philosophy of life and worldview. He taught at the Art Students League from 1933 to 1936, where his colleagues included George Grosz and Will Barnet. In 1935 he worked with Stuart Davis and others to organize the American Artists' Congress against war and fascism. Much of his art philosophy involves social responsibility through universal content. His first gallery exhibition was at Weyhe Gallery, first review in the New Yorker, first museum show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is best known for his murals and for his prints. He is the author of Silk Screen Color Printing (1942).

Harry Sternberg (1904-2001) was a painter and graphic artist from New York, N.Y. and Escondido, Calif.

Sternberg taught at the Art Students League from 1933 to 1936, where his colleagues included George Grosz and Will Barnet. In 1935, he worked with Stuart Davis and others to organize the American Artists' Congress against war and fascism. He is best known for his murals and for his prints. He is the author of "Silk Screen Color Printing," (1942).