John ross printmaker biography of albert

  • John Ross, painter, printmaker, author, and educator, was born in New York City on September 25, 1921.
  • John Ross, painter, printmaker, author, and educator, was born in New York City on September 25, 1921.
  • Ross taught printmaking at the New School for over fifty years and was a professor of studio art at Manhattanville College for twenty two years.

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    John Ross and Clare Romano Ross are both artists who specialise in Printmaking.  They met whilst studying at Cooper Union in the early 1940’s, and were married in 1943 just before John went to Italy during WWII. It is unusual for two married artists to have such highly acclaimed individual careers.

    I first discovered them through a beautiful book called ‘Manhattan Island’ by May Garelick (1957), the first of many books that they went onto work on together. What beautiful woodcut illustrations, I’d love a copy of this book.

    There’s a wonderful use of minimal colour in these pieces and the illustrations are very cleverly arranged to utilise the three main printed colours and the white ground to their full potential. They all have a vitality and spirit about them, summing up Manhattan life in all it’s busy suburban ways.

    One of the most important publications the couple wrote was ‘ The Complete Printmaker ‘ published by Macmillan in 1972 and updated and reprinted for the next 40 years.  As artists, the two work separately, although not in wildly divergent modes.  Both artists were professors at several colleges and universities over their careers.

    John Ross taught at New School for Social Research 1957-2008, Manh

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    About John Ross

    Born

    Leicester 1949

    Studied

    Northampton Primary of Go your separate ways, 1967-69

    Leeds Tech Fine Break free, BA Hons,1969-72 Royal College of Becoming extinct, MA (RCA), 1972-75

    Awards

    Sunday Period Illustration Honour, 1974

    Berger Plan Prize, 1975

    Anglo – Land Bicentennial Fraternization, 1978-79

    Academic Experience

    Leeds Metropolitan University                                                                                       

    Central Saint Martins School liberation Art                                                                         

    Wimbledon School publicize Art                                                                                          

  • john ross printmaker biography of albert

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    Albert Henry Ross

    English advertising agent and freelance writer (1881-1950)

    Albert Henry Ross

    Born1 January 1881

    Kings Norton, Worcestershire

    Died14 September 1950

    Headley Down, Hampshire, England

    NationalityBritish
    Other namesFrank Morison
    Occupation(s)advertiser, writer
    Known forwriting the book Who Moved the Stone?

    Albert Henry Ross (1 January 1881 – 14 September 1950[1]), (pseudonym Frank Morison), was an English advertising agent and freelance writer known for writing the Christian apologetics book Who Moved the Stone? and And Pilate Said.

    Biography

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    Ross was born on 1 January 1881 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire just slightly south of Birmingham.[2] His father, John Charles Ross (1838–1914) was a wine merchant who operated different businesses in Birmingham.[3] His mother was Mary Ann Ross (née Marshall) and she was born in Hollingbourne, Kent in 1850.[4] His parents were married in 1878.[5] His mother died in Aston, Birmingham in 1912,[6] and his father died in Aston, Birmingham in 1914.[7]

    It is understood that Ross attended the Grammar School of King Edward VI in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.[8] According to the