Artist's Bio

Arthur Secunda (1927 – Present)

An American painter, sculptor, teacher, critic, and printmaker.

His education has taken him all over the world to Paris, Rome, and even Mexico, to learn the art of woodcarving and woodcut printing.

His diverse career has cultivated his art via the interesting jobs he has held over the years.  These have included: museum curator of education at the Santa Barbara Art Museum, instructor and lecturer at UCLA, the Pasadena Art Museum, Otis Art Institute and the Palm Springs Desert Museum.

Noted for his brilliant collages and striking graphics, which have been acclaimed for their lush color and technical inventiveness.

His art works hang in the permanent collections of important institutions worldwide including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.; the Chicago Art Institute; the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts and the Detroit Art Institute in the U.S. In addition to the Tel Aviv Museum, his art has been acquired by European museums in Aries, Geneva, Stockholm, Choler, Ostend, Brussels, Zurich, and elsewhere.