From 1942 to 1945, Preusser served as a camouflage expert during World War II, specializing in enemy aerial reconnaissance deception by replicating towns, bridges and other landmarks to put the enemy geographically off course.
After the war, Preusser studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles in 1946, Returning to Houston in 1947, Preusser joined the faculty of the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art. He was founding co-director of the Contemporary Arts Association, forerunner of the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, from 1948 to 1951. In 1951, Preusser joined the Art Department of the University of Houston.
Preusser moved to Cambridge, MA in 1954 to teach at MIT and remained there for 31 years. From 1974 until his retirement in1985, Professor Preusser was Director of Education at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Preusser was the USA Co-editor of, LEONARDO, the international journal of contemporary artists, from1974 to 1989. He also taught at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Critics have said that Preusser's work, which has won numerous awards, shows the influence of European abstract artists Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, as well as the American modernists, Arthur Dove and John Marin.
From artmusicproduction.com and russelltether.com
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| Tonal Oval, 1947 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Katchina Dolls, 1954 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Calligraphic Forms, 1954 russelltether.com |
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| Ritual, 1957 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Oceanside, 1959 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Red Profusion, 1968 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Shimmering Glow, 1968 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Polyurethane Relief #28, 1970 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Polyurethane Relief #9, 1973 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Polyurethane Relief #29, 1974 artmusicproduction.com |
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| Preusser mixed media piece at our store Polyurethane Relief #7, 1968 |
