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More than fifty works of Armin Landeck are on exhibit
at the Cornwall Historical Society. Landeck is hailed as one
of the finest printmakers of the 20th century. He is
particularly noted for his cityscapes and rural Connecticut scenes.
The exhibit spans more than 50 years of his work and includes such
familiar scenes as the Cornwall station prints and the Shaker
Stove.
Landeck
moved to Cornwall in the
1930s, and his family still
maintains the original home in East Cornwall. Several of the
works at the Cornwall show are of his Cornwall studio and the gas
lamps that illuminated his home and studio. Trained as an architect,
Landeck had only a brief career in the field before he devoted his
time to art. He lived in Cornwall full-time during the 1930s
and later moved to New York City where he combined printmaking with
teaching at the Brearley School in New York.
Landeck won many
awards for his New York City prints including Rooftop, 14th
Street, and Manhattan Moonlight, all featured at the
exhibit. Landeck eventually returned full-time to Cornwall and died
in 1984.
In addition to the prints, the show also includes book illustrations
and
paintings. Some copies of the prints may be purchased from the
exhibit
and will benefit the Cornwall Historical Society.
Please call
Louise Dunn at 860-672-6164 for questions concerning
the purchase of prints. The Society also has for sale a
reproduction of the Cornwall Bridge Station.
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