Neil Welliver (American 1929-2005) Limited Edition Etching with aquatint “Loon,” #91/175, pencil signed lower right.
29 ½ in. x 29 in. Overall 33 in. x 33 in.

Welliver was born in Millville, Pennsylvania in 1929. He earned a B.F.A. at the Philadelphia College of Art, and an M.F.A. from Yale. Welliver has taught at Cooper Union in New York; Yale School of Fine Art; Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania; and has frequently served as a visiting lecturer. He is known for his large-scale depictions of the Maine woods, all over compositions and flattening of space which blur the distinction between representation and abstraction.

Welliver has work in the permanent collections of museums including The Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has been the subject of over seventy one-person exhibitions.