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1943 Sonoma, California - 1987 Brooklyn, New York. Known for: Sculptor-conceptual, collage, minimal.
Conceptual/minimalist sculptor Christopher Wilmarth, known for works made from plate glass and steel, was born in Sonoma, California, in 1943. He died by his own hand at the age of forty-four in... Read full biography
Conceptual/minimalist sculptor Christopher Wilmarth, known for works made from plate glass and steel, was born in Sonoma, California, in 1943. He died by his own hand at the age of forty-four in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987. He had arrived in New York at age 17 and was enamored with the city's... Read full biography
Conceptual/minimalist sculptor Christopher Wilmarth, known for works made from plate glass and steel, was born in Sonoma, California, in 1943. He died by his own hand at the age of forty-four in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987. He had arrived in New York at age 17 and was enamored with the city's architecture. His ongoing inspiration and also frustration was trying to convey the sheer mass of the inner city and the movement of human beings through its labyrinthian streets. The artist started using... Read full biography
Conceptual/minimalist sculptor Christopher Wilmarth, known for works made from plate glass and steel, was born in Sonoma, California, in 1943. He died by his own hand at the age of forty-four in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987. He had arrived in New York at age 17 and was enamored with the city's architecture. His ongoing inspiration and also frustration was trying to convey the sheer mass of the inner city and the movement of human beings through its labyrinthian streets. The artist started using blown glass in the late 1970s. Wilmarth taught drawing and sculpture at Cooper Union, New York City, 1969-1980, where he had gained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1965. While at Cooper Union, he was a visiting artist at the University of... Read full biography
Conceptual/minimalist sculptor Christopher Wilmarth, known for works made from plate glass and steel, was born in Sonoma, California, in 1943. He died by his own hand at the age of forty-four in Brooklyn, New York, in 1987. He had arrived in New York at age 17 and was enamored with the city's architecture. His ongoing inspiration and also frustration was trying to convey the sheer mass of the inner city and the movement of human beings through its labyrinthian streets. The artist started using blown glass in the late 1970s. Wilmarth taught drawing and sculpture at Cooper Union, New York City, 1969-1980, where he had gained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1965. While at Cooper Union, he was a visiting artist at the University of California, Berkeley; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971-1972; and Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1978. He became a professor of... Read full biography
Christopher Mallory Wilmarth - Artist Info
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Neon Light, Projected Light, Illumination
- •Oil Paint
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Minimalism, Minimalist
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art School
- •Columbia University Art Department, Teacher
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •Yale University School of Fine Art, and Architecture, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art