Born: 1914 Buenos Aires, Argentina Studied: 1936 1939 1943 1945 1952 1967 Superior School of Fine Arts, Argentina Director of the Free Fine Arts School, Villa Maria, Cordoba, Argentina Director of the Taller Manualidades, Cordoba, Argentina Came to U.S. Established Print Department in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. Became U.S. citizen Virgil M. Hancher Distinguished Professor of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City Awards: 1943 1957 1959 1965 1969 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 Guggenheim Fellowship (also 1944, 1945, 1953, 1963) Eyre Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (also 1959) Honorary Doctor of Arts, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant Posada Award, Primera Exposicion Bienal Interamericana de Pinturay Grabado en Mexico, Mexico City Accadamico Onorario of the Classe de Incisione, Accademia della Arti del Designo, Florence, Italy Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA Dickinson College Arts Award, Carlisle, PA The Lasansky Room, an 1800 square foot space dedicated to the permanent display of his prints and drawings, The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree, Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN Citation for Distinquished Service to Art and Education in the Arts, National Association of Schools of Art, Chicago, IL Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Carleton College, Northfield, MN Honored Artist Award, Fourth Latin American Bienal of Graphic Arts,Exposicion Retrospectiva Homenage IV Bienal de Puerto Rico Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, The College Art Association of America, New Orleans, LA Associate Member of the National Academy of Arts and Design, New York Printmaker Professor Emeritus, The Southern Graphics Council Association, Tulsa, OK Nominated for the Wolf Foundation Award in the Arts, Dr. Ricardo Subirana Lobo Wolf Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel Honorary Award from the Arts and Humanities Commission for the Aging, by decree of the Governor of Iowa Named Virgil M. Hancher Professor Emeritus, The University of Iowa, Iowa City Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA Academico Correspondiente in the United States, De la Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University, Bloomington Dedication of the Lasansky Wing, a 5000 square foot space dedicated to the permanent display of his prints and drawings, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, IA Honorary Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts,from the Iowa Arts Council, by decree of the Governor of Iowa and Iowa Arts Council Board, Des Moines Academician of the National Academy of Arts and Design, New York Nominated by the Governor of Iowa for the National Governors' Association Distinguished Service Award for artistic production, Seattle, WA Awarded the Certificate of Recognition by the Governor of Iowa, for Distinquished Service to the State of Iowa, Des Moines. One Person exhibitions: Over 200 exhibitions in the United States and 35 countries including many retrospectives.