Campo Sant’Agnese
Lew Zacks (PiV ‘94 & ‘98)
SOLD
Color print on paper
18 x 24 inches
2010
Framed
100% of proceeds benefit the Pratt in Venice Scholarship Fund.
My love of history has inspired me to focus on the disappearing landscape of Eastern Long Island- old farm buildings, fishing boats, colonial cottages; mid-century movie theaters, ice cream parlors, luncheonettes, and the remnants of their signs. I also like to scour the lower East Side of Manhattan for the few remaining artifacts of business long gone from the urban landscape of New York. Studying these relics gives me great pleasure and the satisfaction of capturing them on canvas, so they wont fade entirely from our memories.
I enjoy isolating these subjects and creating a nostalgic mood, paying homage to the American masters of the early twentieth century, especially Edward Hopper, Ralston Crawford, Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis and Charles Sheeler.
Lewis Zacks (November 15, 1931–November 16, 2014), received a Commercial Art Diploma from Vesper George School of Art, Boston, in 1951. From 1951–3, he served as a foot soldier and graphic artist in the U.S. Army in Korea. He studied etching and lithography at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1953–1954, before arriving in New York City to start his art career in 1955. He Continued studies at Pratt and Parsons in New York City. In 1967, after 12 years as a free-lance designer and illustrator for ad agencies and publishers, he started own company, Zacks and Perrier, Inc., which was a leading producer of films, videos, live stage productions, and conventions for such clients as AT&T, NBC, and Time, Inc. His many awards and competitions include the Art Calendar Magazine Cover Competition, First Place; Chautauqua Juried Show; Guild Hall Honorable Mention; Parrish Art Museum, 37th Juried Show; Salamagundi Juried Show; Silvermine Print Annual Invitational; and Springs Improvement Society Invitational.
