Jack Coughlin

Jack Coughlin was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1932 and is 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 resides part time in Wellfleet, MA.

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