Peter Blanc
Peter was a New York-based painter, sculptor, and author whose prolific career spanned more than seven decades. A Harvard University graduate who trained at The Corcoran School of Art and American University, he became known for his expressive and deeply humanist works that reflected influences from modernism, abstraction, and social realism. He was also an innovator, using power tools in wood sculpting, liquid plastics and acrylic paints in creating fractal designs, and incorporating nudist magazine photos in his collages.
Peter exhibited widely in solo and group shows across the country, including at the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. His work is held in numerous public collections such as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton. A dedicated educator and arts advocate, Peter also served on the board of Artists Equity in New York and was widely published, including in Magazine of Art and the Smithsonian Report; his writings also include an as-yet-unpublished treatise on the use of space in painting. Until the final years of his life, he continued to create and exhibit, leaving behind a remarkable body of work that speaks to his lifelong commitment to art as both craft and commentary.
