Arthur Silverman - Artist Info

About Arthur Silverman

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    Arthur Silverman (b.1923)

    Arthur Silverman was born on April 13, 1923. Silverman was raised in New York. He moved to New Orleans to study medicine at the Tulane University. In 1947, Silverman graduated from Tulane Medical School with a specialization in Urology. For thirty years, he was in a private practice.

    In 1945.he married Mercedes Sontheir. It was not until the the mid 1970's that Silverman picked up sculpture as a hobby. His hobby soon turned into his profession and he eventually left the field of medicine.

    Silverman's career began to flourish when he was commissioned to to a sculpture for the Energy Centre in New Orleans. This is one of the largest commissions Silverman...

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