André Racz

Andre Racz (1916-1994) was an American printmaker and educator known for his drawings and etchings.

Biography Racz was born November 21, 1916, in Cluj, Romania. He attended the University of Bucharest graduating in 1935.

In 1939 he came to New York City as part of the Romanian Art Commission to the New York World's Fair. He remained in New York where he studied printmaking at the Atelier 17. In 1948 Racz became a naturalized citizen of the United States. and also received a Fulbright resident scholarship, as well as a Ford Foundation Fellowship. He died on September 29, 1994, in Englewood, New Jersey. the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art,