NICK FRANK DE MATTIES (1939)

Here is a Very beautiful original color etching with very rich detail and deep embossing. The actual work measures 11" X 15 1/4". The paper measures 15" X 22" end to end. Done by the well known Printmaker NICK FRANK DE MATTIES (1939). Signed, numbered, and titled "Phantasma - Artists Proof Nick De Matties '68". At the time that this print was made he was winning multiple awards from major printmaking exhibitions (see Bio below). Gorgeous detail and style! VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!

DE MATTIES, Nick Frank (1939) Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii

Addresses: Cheshire, OR

Profession: Printmaker

Studied: Long Beach State Col, BA, 1964; Inst Design, Chicago, MS, 1967, with Misch Kohn.

Exhibited: 22nd Am Drawing Biennial, Norfolk, Va, 1967; 9th & 11th Nat Exhib Prints and Drawings, Okla, 1967 & 1969; 2nd Dulin Nat Print and Drawing Competition, Knoxville, Tenn, 1968; 40th Int Exhib, Northwest Printmakers, 1970; Printmakers in Oregon, Europe, 1971. Awards: Purchase award, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Soc Washington, DC, 1968; Continental Art Award, Los Angeles Printmaking Soc, 1968.

Member: Los Angeles Printmaking Soc.

Work: Cabinet Estampes, Bibliot Nat Paris; Libr Cong; Sheldon Mem Art Gallery; San Francisco MOMA; Columbia Univ.

Comments: Positions: Founder & dir, Pac Northwest Graphics Workshop, 1970-. Teaching: Instr printmaking & drawing, San Diego State Col, 1967-1969; asst prof printmaking & drawing, Mt St Mary's Col (Calif), 1969-1970; vis prof printmaking, Univ Ore, 1972.

Sources: WW73; Article, In: Vol 11, Artists Proof (Pratt Graphics Ctr & NY Graphic Soc Ltd).