Jack Coughlin

Jack Coughlin was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1932 and was Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Students League in New York and resided in Wellfleet, MA.

Coughlin was best known for his portrait wood engravings, etchings, and lithographs of literary figures and musicians. Widely respected as a printmaker of exceptional draftsmanship, he was also known for his low relief sculptures in the lost wax-bronze casting technique. Coughlin approached both the world of the intellect and the instinct with equal respect and sensitivity, treating them both in a figurative, humanistic way.