Born in Victoria, Australia, Martin Lewis was a printmaker who is known for his scenes of urban life in New York during the 1920s and 1930s. During his thirty-year career, Lewis made about 145 drypoints and etchings. His prints, like “Shadow Dance,” were much admired during the 1930s for their realistic portrayal of daily life and sensitive rendering of texture. Consider how Lewis uses shadows in this scene. Why do you think he has chosen to render the figures in shadow, with such a brilliant sense of light in the background? Have you ever seen a street scene like this in real life? #Streets #ArtAtoZ Martin Lewis, "Shadow Dance," 1930, drypoint and sandpaper ground on laid paper, McCarron, no. 88, State only, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1199
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