About the artist:

Lou Fink was born in 1925, Jersey City , New Jersey and died in 1980 in Southampton, New York. Education Art Students League (studied with Harry Sternberg, Louis Bosa, and John C. McPherson) Solo Exhibitions: 1955 Wagner College Studio-Gallery, Staten Island 1960-1980 Environment Gallery, N.Y., seven one-man shows 1981 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, N.Y., Memorial Exhibition Group Exhibitions: 1949 Art Students League (works by disabled GI Bill students) 1952-54 Art Institute of Chicago, International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing (traveling exhibition) 1955 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition 1956 National Academy of Design, 131st Annual Exhibition 1956 Museum of Modern Art, “Recent Drawings— U.S.A.” 1957 Staten Island Museum, Annual Spring exhibition, third prize, Julius Weissglass Memorial Award 1959 Staten Island Museum, Annual Spring exhibition, first prize, Julius Weissglass Memorial Award By 1959 Columbia (S.C.) Museum, Audubon Artists exhibition By 1980 Gallery Kyoto, Japan, State Assembly Building, Albany 1987 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, “Remembering” Public Collections: Staten Island Museum Southampton Hospital Other: Christmas card designs for Tiffany (1950s-1960s) Paintings sold (and rented) through Art for Industry/New York (1971-75) Sources: New York Times, February 26, 1956 (review of National Academy of Design exhibition) New York Times, April 25, 1956 (review of “Recent Drawings—U.S.A.”) Art News, May 1956 (repro., review of “Recent Drawings— U.S.A.”) Who’s Who in American Art, 14th edition, 1980 Obituary, New York Times, January 14, 1980