Lou Fink was born in 1925, Jersey City , New Jersey and died in 1980 in Southampton, New York.
Education
Art Students League (studied with Harry Sternberg, Louis Bosa, and John C. McPherson)
Solo Exhibitions:
1955 Wagner College Studio-Gallery, Staten Island
1960-1980 Environment Gallery, N.Y., seven one-man shows
1981 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, N.Y., Memorial Exhibition
Group Exhibitions:
1949 Art Students League (works by disabled GI Bill students)
1952-54 Art Institute of Chicago, International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing (traveling exhibition)
1955 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition
1956 National Academy of Design, 131st Annual Exhibition
1956 Museum of Modern Art, “Recent Drawings— U.S.A.”
1957 Staten Island Museum, Annual Spring exhibition, third prize, Julius Weissglass Memorial Award
1959 Staten Island Museum, Annual Spring exhibition, first prize, Julius Weissglass Memorial Award
By 1959 Columbia (S.C.) Museum, Audubon Artists exhibition
By 1980 Gallery Kyoto, Japan, State Assembly Building, Albany
1987 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, “Remembering”
Public Collections:
Staten Island Museum
Southampton Hospital
Other:
Christmas card designs for Tiffany (1950s-1960s)
Paintings sold (and rented) through Art for Industry/New York (1971-75)
Sources:
New York Times, February 26, 1956 (review of National Academy of Design exhibition)
New York Times, April 25, 1956 (review of “Recent Drawings—U.S.A.”)
Art News, May 1956 (repro., review of “Recent Drawings— U.S.A.”)
Who’s Who in American Art, 14th edition, 1980
Obituary, New York Times, January 14, 1980