Avanian Gallery, New York

The work of IRVING STETTNER, filled with the joy of life and a lyrical beauty, appears in many private collections throughout the world, including that of French art critic Stani Chaine, Mrs. Kirk Douglas and the late Henry Miller who said of Stettner’s watercolors: “You are far more interesting than a Braque or Picasso, believe me!”

Brooklyn-born, internationally known, Irving Stettner has particularly captured the imagination of the French and the Japanese who have shown his work frequently, and praised it widely in reviews. His recent exhibitions include: Henry Miller museum and Maruzen Art Gallery in Japan, and Le Pantographe, France.
Also Toshiba EMI, Japan in 1998 reproduced 38 watercolors by Stettner on CD jackets, a series devoted to French Classical music.

A former expatriate, who lived many years in France, Stettner has also traveled the world and spent time in Eastern Europe, Morocco, the Far East and Mexico.

A writer and poet as well, Stettner was the editor of Stroker, an avant-garde Poem-Prose-Art review which has appeared first 1974: it has the distinction of being the only magazine in America which Henry Miller contributed to the last two-and-half years of his life.
His published books include: Hurrah! (Collected Poems) Footloose, Beggars in Paradise, Thumbing Down to the Riviera, Pigeon Feather, Selected poems (1967-2002), Adventures of a 2^nd Ave. Patroller and Poking Around the Poconos.

*To inquire or order Irving Stettner’s publication, please visit Strokerpress’s homepage at www.strokerpress.com