Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in an exhibit entitled "Fifty California Artists". His sculpture is requisite in all major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement, the work is exhibited and collected... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in an exhibit entitled "Fifty California Artists". His sculpture is requisite in all major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement, the work is exhibited and collected extensively. Museums currently collecting Mr. Herm's work include The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Th... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
2004
Landauer, Susan
240 pages (color)
The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Landauer, Gerdts, Trenton & Wo
226 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Old Glory The American Flag in Contemporary Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Rubin, David S
64 pages (color)
75 Works, 75 Years Collecting the Art of California (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Laguna Art Museum
139 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
Secret Exhibition Six California Artists of the Cold War Era (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Solnit, Rebecca
145 pages
Rezoning: Collage and Assemblage Bill Bissett, George Herms, Jess, Al Neil (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Wallace, Keith
60 pages (color)
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Stich, Sidra
280 pages (color)
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Trenton, Patricia
197 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Poets of the Cities New York and San Francisco 1950-1965 (Exhibition catalog)