Reynold Henry Weidenaar (1915-1985) Repose Circa 1951 Framed Mezzotint

Reynold Henry Weidenaar, American (1915-1985)

Weidenaar was an American painter, etcher, and illustrator born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He studied at the Kendall School of Design and the Kansas City Art Institute. He received several awards for his works, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Scholarship. He was a prolific and exacting artist, producing 212 prints on copper with the intaglio processes, using tools he crafted himself, and reviving the mezzotint technique. Working mostly on copper with all the intaglio processes, Weidenaar produced 212 prints.

He was a member of the National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society, and art associations in a number of communities on the east and west coasts including Carmel, Gloucester, and Boston. He also was an associate member of the Prairie Printmakers.

Condition: Great; Not inspected outside of frame.

Overall size: 18" x 22"