"Head of an African Man" 1945 Plaster Bust

Early in the 1950s, Mr. Press moved to New York City and for the next three decades, as chief designer and executive Vice President of Rubel and Company, revolutionized the giftware industry on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The Museum of Modern Art, NY awarded him a Good Design award for his numerous multi-media products.

His paintings have exhibited in many one-man shows and group competitions bringing critical acclaim and prizes leading to his paintings being acquired by private collections as well as at notable institutions such as Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Worcester Art Museum and others. One of his sculptures won first prize at a competition at the Delgado Museum of Art in New Orleans. In the 1990s, he was commissioned by the United States Navy to create two of the 24 bronze reliefs at the Naval Memorial in Washington, DC, where they are on display.

EXIBITIONS

Stuart Art Gallery Boston (5 one man shows, 1947 to 1951)

Del Gado Museum of Art, New Orleans, La

Springfield Art League, Ma

National Academy of Design, NY, NY

Pan American Society, Boston, MA.

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic, CT

Allied Artists, NY,NY

Vose Galleries, Boston, MA

Charles E. Smith Gallery, Boston, ma

Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT

Museum of Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA

Martha’s Vineyard Art Show, 1986

The Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA, 1990

Jaffrey Civic Center, NH, 1992