Sidney Alexander Gordin was born in Chilyabinsk, Russia on Oct. 24, 1918. At age four Gordin moved to NYC. He studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and continued at Cooper Union under Morris... Read full biography
Sidney Alexander Gordin was born in Chilyabinsk, Russia on Oct. 24, 1918. At age four Gordin moved to NYC. He studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and continued at Cooper Union under Morris Kantor and Leo Katz. In 1958 he accepted a position in the art department at UC Berkeley and taught... Read full biography
Sidney Alexander Gordin was born in Chilyabinsk, Russia on Oct. 24, 1918. At age four Gordin moved to NYC. He studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and continued at Cooper Union under Morris Kantor and Leo Katz. In 1958 he accepted a position in the art department at UC Berkeley and taught there until retirment in 1986. In 1993 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He died in Berkeley, CA on Jan. 29, 1996. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California,... Read full biography
Sidney Alexander Gordin was born in Chilyabinsk, Russia on Oct. 24, 1918. At age four Gordin moved to NYC. He studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and continued at Cooper Union under Morris Kantor and Leo Katz. In 1958 he accepted a position in the art department at UC Berkeley and taught there until retirment in 1986. In 1993 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He died in Berkeley, CA on Jan. 29, 1996. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Death Record. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.... Read full biography
Sidney Alexander Gordin was born in Chilyabinsk, Russia on Oct. 24, 1918. At age four Gordin moved to NYC. He studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and continued at Cooper Union under Morris Kantor and Leo Katz. In 1958 he accepted a position in the art department at UC Berkeley and taught there until retirment in 1986. In 1993 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design. He died in Berkeley, CA on Jan. 29, 1996. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Death Record. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (25)
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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 Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Still Working Underknown Artists of Age in America (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Parsons School of Design
208 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
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
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 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)
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)
Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California
1981
Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration)
128 pages (color)
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
A History of American Art
1973
Mendelowitz, Daniel M
662 pages
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
1973
Onn, Gerald (Translator)
0 pages
The West Coast Now Current Work from the Western Seaboard (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Portland Art Museum
160 pages
Modern American Sculpture
1967
Ashton, Dore
130 pages (color)
Geometric Abstraction in America (Exhibition catalog)
1962
Gordon, John
68 pages (color)
The World of Abstract Art
1957
American Abstract Artists
167 pages (color)
The New Decade 35 American Painters and Sculptors (Exhibition catalog)