Amanda Roth Block, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amanda Roth Block

American artist

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1912

Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 08-Nov-2011

Profession: artist, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Amanda R.
Block (February 20, 1912 – November 8, 2011) was an American artist.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Block studied art in Cincinnati, Ohio, and exhibited sculpture at her first national show at the Chicago Art Institute in 1941.
Her graduation from John Herron School of Art in 1960, at age 48, marked a return to creative work.
Her superb color sense has always been Amanda's trademark.
Bright, sensual, engaging, full of movement, her work draws the viewer into its orbit, forcing questions upon us.
Her female subjects, no matter how abstract their portrayal, always seem to be real people; and we, the viewer, feel forced to question: who are they, and why do they speak so clearly to us. The figural work of Block, her most accessible, falls between the traditional and the avant-garde, between simple and subtle, between passion and control.
Although she became well known for her large abstract landscapes in acrylic and her decorative, colorful lithographs from the middle and late 1970s; ultimately, it is through the figural work that one may truly understand this complex artist.
A lover of beauty, it is the female form that most stimulated Block's sensibilities.
Her women are strength itself, often veering toward fierce, frank and open, but always sensual.