Irvine Kamens

1912 - 1955

Born in Russia, Irvine Kamens arrived in the United States at the age of 5. He studied at the Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts. He went to New York in 1931 and was associated for a time with the American Bauhaus Group. He was art director for Lester Russin Associates and worked for such clients as Lederle Laboratories, WABC, Continental Can Corporation and Imperial Wallpaper. He was a contibutor to Life and Fortune as well as Men's Wear and The Reporter. During World War II he worked in London for the American Office of War Information creating posters for the Psychology Warfare Division in Europe. His work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Pennsylvania Academy and the Rudolph Gallery, Woodstock.