Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living... Read full biography
Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living much of the time in Orleans, having first traveled to Europe in 1907-1908. He returned to Chicago... Read full biography
Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living much of the time in Orleans, having first traveled to Europe in 1907-1908. He returned to Chicago and studied with sculptor Lorado Taft at the Art Institute of Chicago and then with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1912, he returned to France and became a student of... Read full biography
Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living much of the time in Orleans, having first traveled to Europe in 1907-1908. He returned to Chicago and studied with sculptor Lorado Taft at the Art Institute of Chicago and then with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1912, he returned to France and became a student of Auguste Rodin until Rodin's death in 1917. During this period, Storrs had used a realist style in his sculpture, but by 1920, he was pursuing Cubism and Futurism and then turned to vertical, totally non-objective pieces that resembled architectural... Read full biography
Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living much of the time in Orleans, having first traveled to Europe in 1907-1908. He returned to Chicago and studied with sculptor Lorado Taft at the Art Institute of Chicago and then with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1912, he returned to France and became a student of Auguste Rodin until Rodin's death in 1917. During this period, Storrs had used a realist style in his sculpture, but by 1920, he was pursuing Cubism and Futurism and then turned to vertical, totally non-objective pieces that resembled architectural structures. In 1930, he designed "Ceres" the 33-foot high aluminum statue atop the Board of Trade Building in Chicago. During World... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (66)
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Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art (De Young and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) (Exhibition catalog)
2018
Canterbury, Sue and Adrian Daub
244 pages (color)
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
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998
Calo, Mary Ann
328 pages
Modern American Painting 1910-194 Toward A New Perspective (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Agee, William C
24 pages
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Views from Abroad European Perspectives on American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Fuchs, Rudi/Adam D Weinberg
127 pages (color)
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910-1960 Selections from the John N. Stern Collection and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Tarbell, Roberta K.
55 pages
American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art
1992
Strazdes, Diana
511 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
112 pages (color)
The Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940
1990
Prince, Sue Ann
304 pages (color)
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Drawn from Tradition: American Drawings and Watercolors: From the Collection of Susan and Herbert Adler, Neuberger Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Weber, Bruce
185 pages (color)
American Masterworks on Paper 1800-1960
1988
Susan Sheehan Inc
104 pages
Adventure and Inspiration American Artists in Other Lands (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Ward, Meredith (essay)
172 pages (color)
Art for the Masses A Radical Magazine and its Graphics 1911-1917 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Zurier, Rebecca
217 pages
The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism, 1911-1947
1987
Saint Louis Art Museum
225 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Fine Line Drawing with Silver in America (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Weber, Bruce
103 pages
American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Wooden, Howard E
151 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
Order and Enigma (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Clark-Langager, Sarah
95 pages
Sculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984
Craven, Wayne
782 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Figure in 20th Century American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Sims, Lowery Stokes
167 pages (color)
American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers
1983
Adams, Clinton
228 pages (color)
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America 1927-1944 (Exhibition catalog)