Sandler, Alvin

Painter, printmaker, writer, Alvin Sandler born in Brooklyn in 1933, is a graduate of New York's High School of Music and Art. He studied drawing and printmaking at the Art Students' League, and at Pratt Graphics Center, furthering his studies at the Instituto de Bellas Artes, Mexico, and with engraver Leopoldo Mendez, and muralist Pablo O'Higgens. Upon his return from Mexico, at age 20, Sandler had his first solo show in New York City. Exhibitions and honors followed, including awards from the National Academy of Design, and the National Arts Club, two solo shows at the Hudson River Museum, Y...