Harold Altman, American, 1924 to 2003, etching on paper, Conversation VIII. Signed in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil, lower to the center. Numbered 42 of 120 in pencil, lower left. Framed. Harold Altman is known for Landscape and figure painting, lithographs. Printmaker Harold Altman was an etcher, painter, and teacher, who was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art Students League, 1941 to 42 and Cooper Union, Graduate in Fine Arts, 1941 to 47, both in New York City. In 1946, he attended Black Mountain College, North Carolina and then went on to The New School, New York City 1947 to 49. Finishing his extensive art education at the L Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris 1949 to 52. Altmans landscapes and figurative works have been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums, both in the United States and abroad. He is represented in nearly every significant collection in the world. New Yorks Museum of Modern Art owns over forty Altmans while the Whitney Museum of American Art and Brooklyn Museums each have over fifty of his works in their permanent collections. Modern American Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.