Fritz Eichenberg papers

Fritz Eichenberg was born in Cologne, Germany, on October 24, 1901. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and was a lithographic apprentice before being accepted as a master student at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig. Eichenberg moved to Berlin in 1923 but decided to leave for the United States when Hitler came to power in 1933. He taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, worked on the Federal Art Project, and received commissions from the Limited Editions Club and the Heritage Press. Eichenberg became well known for his prints and illustrations of many of the great classics. He started teaching at Pratt Institute in 1947 and held a number of positions while there. In 1966 Eichenberg became chairman of the Art Department of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, a position he resigned in 1971. He traveled extensively in semi-official capacities, to the Soviet Union for the State Department and to Southeast Asia for the J. D. Rockefeller III Fund. In addition, he wrote definitive works on graphic arts. Fritz Eichenberg died in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, on November 30, 1990.