Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as,... Read full biography
Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as, "the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial." . Hunt began in his teens, modeling in clay and... Read full biography
Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as, "the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial." . Hunt began in his teens, modeling in clay and carving in his bedroom at home. He later created a studio in the basement of his father's barbershop. Intrigued by metalwork at the African collection of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History,... Read full biography
Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as, "the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial." . Hunt began in his teens, modeling in clay and carving in his bedroom at home. He later created a studio in the basement of his father's barbershop. Intrigued by metalwork at the African collection of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, where his mother, a librarian, frequently took him. Working in a zoological lab at the University of Chicago contributed to his fascination with animal and insect forms. Hunt attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1953 to 1957 focused on sculpture... Read full biography
Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as, "the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial." . Hunt began in his teens, modeling in clay and carving in his bedroom at home. He later created a studio in the basement of his father's barbershop. Intrigued by metalwork at the African collection of Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, where his mother, a librarian, frequently took him. Working in a zoological lab at the University of Chicago contributed to his fascination with animal and insect forms. Hunt attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1953 to 1957 focused on sculpture especially welding, and he studied lithography. Hunt was exposed to the work of the Sculptors Julio... Read full biography
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Fifty Gifts for Fifty Years: Sheldon Museum of Art
2013
Veneciano, Jorge Daniel (Introduction); Sharon Kennedy, Gregory Nosan, Brandon Ruud
112 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
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003
Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)
308 pages (color)
With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection
2003
Sherman, Charlotte (Essay)
38 pages (color)
Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection
2000
Skold, Stacey (compiler)
195 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997
Powell, Richard J
256 pages (color)
Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996
Ruzicka, Joseph
220 pages (color)
A Guide to Art At the University of Illinois
1995
Scheinman, Muriel
218 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art
1993
Perry, Regina A
203 pages (color)
Spirited Visions Portraits of Chicago Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Carrol, Patty/James Yood
96 pages (color)
Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook (of the Collection)
1991
Cleveland Museum of Art
161 pages
African American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection
1989
McElroy, Guy C (others)
125 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition)
1987
Feldman, Edmund Burke
528 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience
1980
Institute of Contemporary Art
64 pages (color)
American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists
1980
Johnson, Una E
266 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Chicago, The City and Its Artists 1945-1978 (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Kirkpatrick, D/Charles Lewis
215 pages
Art: African American
1978
Lewis, Samella
246 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Baro, Gene
160 pages (color)
American Prints 1913-1963 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Castelman, Riva
160 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
The Chicago Connection West Coast '76 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
McKillop, Susan/Roger Clisby
87 pages (color)
Amistad II Afro-American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Driskell, David C
92 pages
The Art Collection of the First National Bank of Chicago