Riddle 11

Born in Indianapolis, Garo Antreasian (1922- 2018) was a noted painter, lithographer, and art educator. He received a BFA degree from John Herron School of Art (Indianapolis, 1948). During the following two years he studied with Will Barnett at the Art Students League and Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York. An early interest in printmaking led him to national notoriety in the technical and artistic potential of Fine Art Lithography. He moved to Albuquerque in 1964 to accept a faculty position with the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico where he taught in the Department of Art and Art History.
 
His abstract and stirring composition Riddle II, is an elegant, twisting, geometric composition of white lines with a rich, deep blue ground.

Antreasian received numerous honors, awards, and recognition throughout the world. His work is included in the permanent collections of many major museums and universities throughout the United States, including the Albuquerque Museum of Art; the University of New Mexico Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Boston Museum of Fine Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Brooklyn Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Guggenheim Museum; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Library of Congress; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Garo made many life-long friends along his eventful 96 year journey and continues to inspire artists and printers today.