Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern... Read full biography
Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern California from Mexico in 1952, becoming a citizen of the United States. He studied in California at... Read full biography
Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern California from Mexico in 1952, becoming a citizen of the United States. He studied in California at San Jose State College, from 1961-1963, and San Francisco Art Institute, 1963-1964. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1983; an Academician in... Read full biography
Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern California from Mexico in 1952, becoming a citizen of the United States. He studied in California at San Jose State College, from 1961-1963, and San Francisco Art Institute, 1963-1964. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1983; an Academician in 1994. He was married to the actress, Anjelica Huston. In order to gain an unexpected or unexpectedly creative pose for his figural work, Graham may leave the nude model alone in his studio in front of a video camera. According to Graham, "In this way,... Read full biography
Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern California from Mexico in 1952, becoming a citizen of the United States. He studied in California at San Jose State College, from 1961-1963, and San Francisco Art Institute, 1963-1964. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1983; an Academician in 1994. He was married to the actress, Anjelica Huston. In order to gain an unexpected or unexpectedly creative pose for his figural work, Graham may leave the nude model alone in his studio in front of a video camera. According to Graham, "In this way, the model ends up using the camera that looks at her and the monitor like a mirror and in half an hour, compl... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (40)
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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
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Picasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection
2002
Shea, Patricia (Editor)
124 pages
Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Fuglie, Gordon
29 pages (color)
Cast of Characters: Figurative Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Hall, Dawn (editor)
62 pages (color)
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
The Art of the Horse
1995
Fairley, John
192 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Between Reality and Abstraction California Art at the End of the Century (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Stein, Donna
64 pages (color)
Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1994
National Gallery of Art
283 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
At the Water's Edge: 19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes Tampa Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Maass, R. Andrew (Foreward); Valerie Ann Leeds (Intro)
140 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Hispanic Art in the United States (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Beardsley, John/J Livingston
260 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
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)
American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marshall, Richard
124 pages
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)
California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of
1984
Wilson, William
288 pages (color)
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
1981
Goodyear, Frank H, Jr.
255 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Frederick Weisman Collection California Art (Exhibition catalog)
1978
California State U Long Beach
64 pages (color)
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
New Realism
1976
Kulturmann, Udo
190 pages (color)
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Catalogue of American Paintings in British Public Collections
1974
Gidley, Mick
58 pages
Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974
Plagens, Peter
200 pages (color)
Separate Realities California Representational Painting/Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Los Angeles Mun Art Gallery
60 pages (color)
The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks