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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Indian Carpet, Yellow Apple, Small Greek Vase
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in New York City, Irving Block was a painter and muralist who settled in Studio City, California. He earned a B.S. Degree from New York University and also studied at the National Academy of Design and in Paris at Grande Chaumiere.
He exhibited with the California Watercolor Society and was a professor of art in Northridge at California State University. He completed a mural for the American Medical Building for the 1937 World's Fair and also for the United States Treasury Department.
Source: Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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|  Born in New York on Dec. 2, 1910. Block worked in Hollywood during the 1950s doing special effects on dozens of low-budget horror films. From 1964 to 1980 he was professor of art at California State University, Northridge. He died in Hollywood on May 3, 1986. Exh: Calif. WC Society, 1944. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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