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Horace Westermann BIOGRAPHY
1922 Los Angeles, California - 1981. Known for: Wooden sculpture-mod droll imagery and found object.
H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements... Read full biography
H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements such as the West Coast Funk artists and the Chicago Imagists, but he remained outside their... Read full biography
H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements such as the West Coast Funk artists and the Chicago Imagists, but he remained outside their involvement. By the time H.C. was thirty years old, he had served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1942-1946), worked as an acrobat and toured the Orient (1946-1947), studied commercial art (1947-1952), studied... Read full biography
H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements such as the West Coast Funk artists and the Chicago Imagists, but he remained outside their involvement. By the time H.C. was thirty years old, he had served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1942-1946), worked as an acrobat and toured the Orient (1946-1947), studied commercial art (1947-1952), studied painting at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, and was a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War. His career as an artist spans more than twenty years, and features sculptures, prints, paintings, and illustrated letters. He used various materials... Read full biography
H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements such as the West Coast Funk artists and the Chicago Imagists, but he remained outside their involvement. By the time H.C. was thirty years old, he had served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1942-1946), worked as an acrobat and toured the Orient (1946-1947), studied commercial art (1947-1952), studied painting at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, and was a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War. His career as an artist spans more than twenty years, and features sculptures, prints, paintings, and illustrated letters. He used various materials such as metal, wood, paint, and many others; all incorporating a passionate devotion to craftsmanship and a sharp sense of irony. His... Read full biography
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H. C. Westermann was born in Los Angeles, California in 1922, where he later attended Los Angeles City College in 1940. It is thought that his works and style provided the inspiration for movements such as the West Coast Funk artists and the Chicago Imagists, but he remained outside their involvement.
By the time H.C. was thirty years old, he had served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1942-1946), worked as an acrobat and toured the Orient (1946-1947), studied commercial art (1947-1952), studied painting at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, and was a veteran of World War Two and the Korean War.
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