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Rocky Mountain News Article
Dated April 21, 1969 Just found this image in an article from the Rocky Mountain News about art work at the University of Wyoming. While Albert was a professor there in 1967, he created a set of four panels to … Continue reading
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Sensuality, dignity, sincerity and validity are all hallmarks of the work of Albert Wein. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but at the same time, he has demonstrated tremendous capability as a painter. -Frederick W. Sleight, Director Palms Springs … Continue reading
Palm Springs Desert Museum Retrospective
It becomes apparent when viewing a retrospective collection of Wein’s work that he has always been under the strong influence of organic shapes and forms. He first began with the human figure and in more recent times has been involved … Continue reading
Palm Springs Desert Museum Retrospective Show
Moore, Brancusi and Arp have all been admired by Wein, for each artist found beauty in the world around him in natural shapes, masses and designs. The significant result of Wein’s work, therefore, could be likened unto the capturing of … Continue reading
Albert’s Wife
The artist’s wife, Deyna Wein, when asked for her impressions and characterizations of her husband’s work, felt that his message was involved with the joy of living and the nobility of man. Further, she says, his work has an uplifting, … Continue reading
‘Great Art Needs Search of Soul’ – Albert Wein
excerpt from The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA November 6, 1968 by Helen Wilson Michelangelo, the great sculptor, standing before a gleaming block of white marble was known to say, “Within you lies ugliness and beauty; what comes out depends … Continue reading
Wein’s World
By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff www.metrowestdailynews.com GHS Posted Oct 12, 2008 @ 02:00 PM BOSTON — Albert Wein created some of the most heroic and sensual sculptures you’ve probably never seen. But if you saw his frankly erotic nude “Phryne Before … Continue reading
Albert Wein
Review from www.WeeklyDig.com Sept 2008 By COLIN ASHER Four horsemen, wretched and desiccated, cloaked and flying blindly, gallop out of the eye of a bronze cylinder in the shape of a mushroom cloud. They represent the biblical horsemen of the … Continue reading
The Boston Atheneum Announces Albert Wein: American Modernist Exhibit in September
From www.artdaily.com Sept 2008 BOSTON.- The Boston Athenæum presents “Albert Wein: American Modernist,” the first museum retrospective of the sculptor’s work. The exhibition opens on Sept. 17 and runs through Nov. 29, 2008, in The Boston Athenæum’s Norma Jean Calderwood … Continue reading

