John ross photographer biography book
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John Ross, painter, printmaker, author, and educator, was born in New York City on September 25, 1921.
John ross photographer biography book
He studied at Cooper Union School of Art in New York from 1939 to 1948 with Morris Kantor and Will Barnet, and received his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree. He attended Parson School of Design in New York in 1939, and, in 1949 Ross studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Fontainebleau, France.
He returned to New York in 1950, where he furthered his art studies at the New School for Social Research under Antonio Frasconi and Louis Schanker, and at Columbia University.
In 1964 Ross took a position as Professor of studio art at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, where he remained until 1986.
He designed the BFA program and served as chair of the art department from 1966 to 1972. He also taught printmaking at the New School University in New York City for over fifty years, and produced nineteen artist's books which were published by The High Tide Press, as well as The Comp