About the artist:

Jack Bilander was an American printmaker and painter. Schools: National Academy of Design, Art Students League, Columbia University, New York University Teachers: Pickens, Bosa, Barnet, Vytlacil, Booth and Sternberg Scholarships: NYU, Art Students League, National Academy of Design One Man Shows: New York, Ohio, Washington; University of the south, Sewannee, Tenn.; University of Maina t Orono, Maine; University Museum of Art, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Conecticut, "Hunger and Poverty" sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. Groups: National & International Shows Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum of Art, National Academy of Design - painting and print Annual, Washington Printmakers, Boston Print makers, Northwestern Printmakers, SAGA annuals, Hunterdon Art Center, Fabulous Fifties at the Free Library, Philadelphia, Pa.; Donnell Library, NY; Mainstream of Western Art, Wellington, New Zealand; USC print annual, Bay Area Printmakers Annual and at many colleges and universities. Travel Shows: SAGA under auspices of USIA; Directors of the Western Museum Art; American Federation of ARt; Associated American Artists, print show in Japan; Group show in Paris, France. Collections: Library of Congress; Wellington Museum, New Zealand; Free Library, Philadelphia, Pa.; Arts and Craft Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Art Students League; university Museum, Puerto Rico; Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of America; Duke and Duchess of Windsor; Walter Beardley; Gene Barry; David Atkinson; and many private collections in Israel, Iceland, Great Britain, Japan, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Honduras, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, and practically every state in the Union.