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BIOGRAPHY

A. David Crown, M.D., (1924 - 2016), Founder and Director of the International Mezzotint Society, was born in London, England and educated at Cambridge University, the University of London and the London Hospital Medical School. He became a physician in 1947 and moved to Rochester, NY in 1948. He practiced internal medicine until 1982 when he retired. This enabled him to pursue full-time his “other career as an artist.” In 1983 he moved to Gainesville, Florida.

Dr. Crown worked in many different media: mezzotints, woodblocks, linocuts, etchings and collographs, oil painting, and sculpture in steel, aluminum and bronze. He  conducted workshops and demonstrations, and gave numerous lectures on the history of printmaking and on a wide variety of printmaking topics and techniques.

He was awarded a residency for printmaking at the prestigious Frans Masereel Center in Belgium. His works are in numerous collections across America, Canada, Japan, Europe and Russia.

MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS

The British Museum – London, England

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum – Utica, New York

Free Library of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts – Ekaterinburg, Russia

Univerzitet Educons – Novi Sad, Serbia

Isser & Rae Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida

The Jewish Museum London - London, England

Arkansas State University – Jonesboro, Arkansas

SELECTED ONE MAN SHOWS

Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art – Jacksonville, Florida

Foster Harmon Gallery – Sarasota, Florida

Melrose Bay Art Gallery – Melrose, Florida

Polk Museum of Art – Lakeland, Florida

Orlando Museum of Art (Artist of the Month) – Orlando, Florida

Shoestring Gallery – Rochester, New York

Jewish Federation of Atlanta – Atlanta, Georgia

Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, Florida

University of Florida – Grinter Gallery and Reitz Union – Gainesville, Florida

Santa Fe Community College – Gainesville, Florida

State Capitol Building Rotunda – Tallahassee, Florida

The Thomas Center – Gainesville, Florida

Hippodrome State Theatre Gallery – Gainesville, Florida

AFFILIATIONS

Founder/Director, International Mezzotint Society

A.S.I.M.