Stanley Meltzoff: Oceans and Other Worlds on exhibit in New York City at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators June 6 - July 28, 2012

NEW YORK, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Society of Illustrators presents Stanley Meltzoff: Oceans and Other Worlds, a comprehensive one-man show featuring the work of premier sporting artist Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006), on display June 6 – July 28 at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City. With some 90 paintings on exhibit, this show will be the largest Meltzoff retrospective ever mounted. While many of his images have been widely reproduced over the years, these are the original pictures from the artist's estate.  Most have never before been on public display. 

Born in Brooklyn in 1917, Meltzoff's career included four years as a Stars and Stripes newspaper correspondent during WWII, postwar teaching at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Art in New York, and many decades as a highly successful commercial artist and illustrator. An early and enthusiastic SCUBA diver, Meltzoff's career took an abrupt turn after securing a commission from Sports Illustrated in 1960 to do a series of game fish paintings unlike anything ever done before. His dramatic and incredibly detailed pictures of striped bass, bluefish, sailfish, and other species proved to be breathtaking and set a high bar for other artists. Member and friend of the Society of Illustrators, Stanley Meltzoff joined luminaries such as Frederick Remington, Norman Rockwell, and N.C. Wyeth when he was elected to its Hall of Fame in 1999.

The opening reception for Stanley Meltzoff: Oceans and Other Worlds will be held on Friday, June 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the Society of Illustrators (128 East 63rd Street). A media breakfast is scheduled for Friday, June 8th at 9:00 a.m. For information please contact [email protected].

About the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators, founded in 1901, is the oldest nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the art and appreciation of illustration in America. The Museum, located at 128 East 63rd Street in New York City, is open to the public free of charge on Tuesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, 12-4 p.m. To learn more about the Museum and the Society, visit www.societyillustrators.org.

For further information contact:
Katie Blocher
[email protected] 
212-838-2560

SOURCE Society of Illustrators