From the Archive: Prometheus in Poetry

August 29, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, Prometheus, 1978, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 in. Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York — Irving Kriesberg, *Prometheus*, 1978, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 in. Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

The feminist author, Jane Alpert, was inspired and awestruck seeing the painting Prometheus (1978) by Kriesberg and wrote a poem in response to it. The typewritten poem is titled “On A Painting by Irving Kriesberg” (1978). This post analyzes the painting and features Alpert’s original typewritten poem, which is in the archives of the Irving Kriesberg Estate.

New Essay: From East Looking West: Revisiting the work of Irving Kriesberg

July 22, 2019 Irving Kriesberg Estate

Irving Kriesberg, India, O My Beloved!, 1992, Oil and pastel on canvas, 66 1/4 x 84 3/8 in. (168.3 x 214.3 cm) Collection of the Estate of Irving Kriesberg, New York — Irving Kriesberg, *India, O My Beloved!*, 1992, Oil and pastel on canvas, 66 1/4 x 84 3/8 in. (168.3 x 214.3 cm) Collection of the Estate of Irving Kriesberg, New York

New Essay: On the occasion of the centennial of the birth of Irving Kriesberg, the Estate of Irving Kriesberg is pleased to present East Looking West: Revisiting and repositioning the work of Irving Kriesberg a new essay by Tuong Linh Do. The text focuses on the Eastern Buddhist and Hindu influences that are present within Kriesberg’s art.