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Location	Staten Island, New York
Introduction	I'm the curator of FROMTHEMARGINS Art Gallery. HERMAN ZAAGE (1927-2008) is the initial exhibition introducing this venue. Zaage, a well-known fine arts printmaker, esteemed teacher, and active environmentalist was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1927. During the 1940s, Zaage attended Work Progress Administration Art Workshops and in the early 1960s, studied fine art printmaking with John Ross at the New School, where he later became a popular printmaking teacher. From 1952 to 1982 he worked in the commercial printing trade as a photoengraver and offset color dot etcher. In 1976, he helped found the Art Lab, an artist-run school where he taught for the last 32 years. Although Zaage worked in etching and woodcut, he became famous for his mezzotints, His work can be found in "Mezzotints: History and Techniques" by Carol Wax.The mezzotint is unequaled in its flair for rendering deep blacks, brilliant highlights, and rich surface qualities. His prints are in the collections of the Staten Island Museum, the Noble Maritime Collection, the Museum of the City of New York, the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, the Purdue University Gallery, the University of Arizon Art Museum.

Location

Staten Island, New York

Introduction

I'm the curator of FROMTHEMARGINS Art Gallery. HERMAN ZAAGE (1927-2008) is the initial exhibition introducing this venue. Zaage, a well-known fine arts printmaker, esteemed teacher, and active environmentalist was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1927. During the 1940s, Zaage attended Work Progress Administration Art Workshops and in the early 1960s, studied fine art printmaking with John Ross at the New School, where he later became a popular printmaking teacher. From 1952 to 1982 he worked in the commercial printing trade as a photoengraver and offset color dot etcher. In 1976, he helped found the Art Lab, an artist-run school where he taught for the last 32 years. Although Zaage worked in etching and woodcut, he became famous for his mezzotints, His work can be found in "Mezzotints: History and Techniques" by Carol Wax.The mezzotint is unequaled in its flair for rendering deep blacks, brilliant highlights, and rich surface qualities. His prints are in the collections of the Staten Island Museum, the Noble Maritime Collection, the Museum of the City of New York, the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, the Purdue University Gallery, the University of Arizon Art Museum.