Portrait of Bernard Pfriem. (b/w photo)

Bernard Pfriem (1916-1996) was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1916. His oeuvre encompasses abstract paintings, drawings and rubbings as well as detailed studies of the human body and self-portraits. Pfriem lived and worked in the United States, Mexico and France and was a passionate educator. He taught at the Cooper Union, the Museum of Modern Art and Sarah Lawrence College; and in 1970-71, he founded the international Lacoste School of the Arts in France. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. (Marc field 094)