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1931 San Mateo, California - 2019 Putney, Vermont. Known for: Public installation of large scale abstract steel sculpture.
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Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor known primarily for large-scale abstract steel work. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1953 he went to Paris, where he attended classes taught... Read full biography
Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor known primarily for large-scale abstract steel work. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1953 he went to Paris, where he attended classes taught by the sculptor Ossip Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His European tour lasted two... Read full biography
Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor known primarily for large-scale abstract steel work. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1953 he went to Paris, where he attended classes taught by the sculptor Ossip Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His European tour lasted two years, during which time he travelled throughout France and Italy and absorbed as much as he could from the many museums he visited. Upon returning to his native California, he enrolled at the... Read full biography
Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor known primarily for large-scale abstract steel work. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1953 he went to Paris, where he attended classes taught by the sculptor Ossip Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His European tour lasted two years, during which time he travelled throughout France and Italy and absorbed as much as he could from the many museums he visited. Upon returning to his native California, he enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts, (now the San Francisco Art Institute) where he studied photography and sculpture from 1955 to 1957, and where he befriended the sculptor Peter Forakis. 1957 was a pivotal year for Ginnever, when he drove from San Francisco to... Read full biography
Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor known primarily for large-scale abstract steel work. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1953 he went to Paris, where he attended classes taught by the sculptor Ossip Zadkine at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His European tour lasted two years, during which time he travelled throughout France and Italy and absorbed as much as he could from the many museums he visited. Upon returning to his native California, he enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts, (now the San Francisco Art Institute) where he studied photography and sculpture from 1955 to 1957, and where he befriended the sculptor Peter Forakis. 1957 was a pivotal year for Ginnever, when he drove from San Francisco to New York with fellow sculptor Mark di Suvero. On the week-long journey cross-country, Ginnever and di Suvero spent their time discussing ab... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Teacher
- •Ossip Zadkine
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing