About the artist:

Edward M. Plunkett was born in 1922 in Highland Park, Michigan. Before coming to New York in 1949 for graduate studies at The Institute of Fine Arts and then at the Sorbonne in Paris, Plunkett attended the University of Chicago and the School of the Chicago Art Institute. In 1952, Plunkett began as a lecturer in Art History at The City College of New York and later taught at The Chicago Art Institute. In 1970, he gave a course on The History of Motion Pictures at the Philadelphia College of Art. His paintings have been exhibited at The Whitney Museum in New York, in museums in Holland,Switzerland and The Museum of Modern Art in Paris. His work is found in numerous collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Plunkett's style is unique in contemporary art. It is a style that has developed as a result of his interest in the concept of surrealism, and in fantastic art. With fantasy in mind, he has adapted the pictorial material from the silent motion picture era to express a statement in his art that is both humorous and horrific. The Plunkett family name is eminent in Irish culture and thought E. M. Plunkett is American-born, he feels that his work and his ideas carry out the heritage of his forebearers. Individual Exhibitions 1979 Art Academy of Cincinnati 1978 Illinois Center Gallery, Chicago 1975 Hokin Gallery, Chicago 1973-71 Graham Gallery, New York 1970 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach 1969-68 Shepherd Gallery, New York 1967 Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington 1964 Thor Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky 1962 V'Soske Gallery, San Francisco 1961-64 Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago 1961-59 David Herbert Gallery, New York Collective Exhibitions 1979 University of Chicago 1977 Hokin Gallery, Chicago 1976 Stempleplatz Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland 1975 Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France 1974 Galerie Carre, Geneva, Switzerland 1972 Graham Gallery, New York 1970 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1967 University of Maryland 1963 Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago 1959 David Herbert Gallery, New York 1948 Chicago Art Institute 1948 Syracuse University Public Collections Baltimore Museum of Art Chase Manhattan Bank, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Russian Tea Room, New York Stempleplatz Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland University of Colorado University of Indiana Syracuse University University of Wisconsin