Airborne is a colored lithograph it was created in 1962 and published by Associated American Artists. Both a black and white and color version was created in this year. In the early 60s Florsheim was experimenting with nighttime aerial views and created a number of striking images. They demonstrate his mastery of light and color as well as perspective. Primarily consisting of night scenes they display the hallmarks of Florsheim altered perspective, abstraction, and contrast. An iconic work by this artist.
Richard A. Florsheim 1916-1979 A prominent twentieth century American printmaker, painter, sculptor, educator and writer, Florsheim first studied at the University of Chicago before going to New York to study at the Museum of Modern Art and at the Metropolitan Museum, under Aaron Bohrod. His education was completed in Paris at the Musee Nationale dArt Moderne. Richard Florsheim gained international recognition in the late 1930s when he first began exhibiting his art at such major institutions as the Salon des Refuses Paris, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Los Angeles County Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art. During the following years his original prints and paintings were shown at numerous public galleries both in the United States and in Europe.
Richard A. Florsheim was a full member of the American Graphic Artists, the Audubon Artists, the Artists Equity Association and the prestigious National Academy of Design. During his career he received such major conferments as the Art Institute of Chicago Award (1946), the Pennell Fund Award (1950) and the Library of Congress Award (1956). His original lithographs and paintings are included in numerous public museums in America, Britain, France and Germany.