Arnold Mesches

American, (1923–2016)

Arnold Mesches was born in the Bronx, New York in 1923. He attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, California. He worked during the McCarthy era creating provocative collages documenting the social issues of the day. Mesches taught at New York University, Parsons College, Rutgers University, and the University of Florida in Gainesville. He exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art in Sydney, Australia. He died in Gainesville, Florida in 2016.