Nat Mayer Shapiro

Nathan Mayer Shapiro (June 2, 1919 – December 2, 2005) was an American visual artist, active in Chicago, Paris and the New York area.

Nat Mayer Shapiro’s art is best known for his complex paintings on paper and canvas that may incorporate structural and whimsical imagery among areas of pure or constructed abstraction.

At ten, he decided he would become a full-time fine arts painter and started attending the after-school programs at the Pratt Institute in New York.

Upon his return to the States, he spent eight months in the Rest & Rehabilitation Center in Lake Placid, NY, where he was finally able to work as an artist, painting stage sets, portraits and landscapes.

Back into civilian life, Shapiro worked as a commercial artist while attending classes at the Art Students League of New York.