A. David Crown, M.D.

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Artist Biography

David Crown, Founder and Director of the International Mezzotint Society, was born in London, England and educated at Cambridge University, the University of London and the London Hospital Medical School. He became a physician in 1947 and moved to Rochester, NY in 1948. He practiced internal medicine until 1982 when he retired. This has enabled him to pursue full-time his "other career" as an artist. In 1983 he moved to Gainesville, Florida.

Dr. Crown works in many different media: oil painting, mezzotints, woodblocks, etchings and collographs, and sculpture in steel, aluminum and bronze. He conducts workshops and demonstrations, and gives lectures on the history of printmaking and on a variety of printmaking topics and techniques.

He was awarded a residency for printmaking at the prestigious Frans Masereel Center in Belgium. His works are in numerous collections across America, Canada, Japan and Europe. His work is sold through galleries located in the United States, England, Scotland, and Nova Scotia.

Museum Collections

  • The British Museum, London, England
  • Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum, Utica, New York
  • Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

One Person Exhibits

  • Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Foster Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
  • Melrose Bay Art Gallery, Melrose, Florida
  • Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
  • Orlando Museum of Art,Artist of the Month, Orlando, Florida
  • Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, New York
  • Jewish Federation of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
  • University of Florida,Grinter Gallery and Reitz Union, Gainesville, Florida
  • Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida
  • State Capitol Building Rotunda, Tallahassee, Florida
  • The Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida
  • Hippodrome State Theatre Gallery, Gainesville, Florida

Affiliations

Founder/Director, International Mezzotint Society A.S.I.M.