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1909 Chicago, Illinois - 1992 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Ousider art, doll sculpture, photography.
A craftsman, sculptor and photographer, Morton Bartlett was self taught as an artist, and a "drop out" from formal education, as he left Harvard University after two years of enrollment.... Read full biography
A craftsman, sculptor and photographer, Morton Bartlett was self taught as an artist, and a "drop out" from formal education, as he left Harvard University after two years of enrollment. Retrospectively he has been called an "outsider" artist as his creative output did not conform to any 'school of... Read full biography
A craftsman, sculptor and photographer, Morton Bartlett was self taught as an artist, and a "drop out" from formal education, as he left Harvard University after two years of enrollment. Retrospectively he has been called an "outsider" artist as his creative output did not conform to any 'school of art'. Among his jobs were that of free-lance photographer, service station attendant, traveling furniture salesman, gift card designer and printing business owner. "But privately, his obsession was... Read full biography
A craftsman, sculptor and photographer, Morton Bartlett was self taught as an artist, and a "drop out" from formal education, as he left Harvard University after two years of enrollment. Retrospectively he has been called an "outsider" artist as his creative output did not conform to any 'school of art'. Among his jobs were that of free-lance photographer, service station attendant, traveling furniture salesman, gift card designer and printing business owner. "But privately, his obsession was creating an extraordinary collection of sculpture of dressed but eerily life-like children which are like large dolls. After his death, the collection was discovered intact and exhibited by Marion Harris." (Falk, 224). He grew up as an orphan and his... Read full biography
A craftsman, sculptor and photographer, Morton Bartlett was self taught as an artist, and a "drop out" from formal education, as he left Harvard University after two years of enrollment. Retrospectively he has been called an "outsider" artist as his creative output did not conform to any 'school of art'. Among his jobs were that of free-lance photographer, service station attendant, traveling furniture salesman, gift card designer and printing business owner. "But privately, his obsession was creating an extraordinary collection of sculpture of dressed but eerily life-like children which are like large dolls. After his death, the collection was discovered intact and exhibited by Marion Harris." (Falk, 224). He grew up as an orphan and his state of being alone pesisted throughout his life as he never married and always lived alone.... Read full biography
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