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1911 Webberville, Michigan - 1988. Known for: Sculptor-mod figure, biogmorphic.
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Cleo Hartwig was born in 1911 in Webberville, Michigan. Though known as a stone sculptor seeking the biomorphic essence of plant and animal forms, she also explored abstractions and the human figure... Read full biography
Cleo Hartwig was born in 1911 in Webberville, Michigan. Though known as a stone sculptor seeking the biomorphic essence of plant and animal forms, she also explored abstractions and the human figure in wood, bronze, clay, plaster and brass. She became a member of the Sculptors Guild, New York City,... Read full biography
Cleo Hartwig was born in 1911 in Webberville, Michigan. Though known as a stone sculptor seeking the biomorphic essence of plant and animal forms, she also explored abstractions and the human figure in wood, bronze, clay, plaster and brass. She became a member of the Sculptors Guild, New York City, in 1946; and was elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City, as an Associate in 1957, an Academician in 1970. Among prizes for her sculpture, are the Ellin P. Speyer Prize from the... Read full biography
Cleo Hartwig was born in 1911 in Webberville, Michigan. Though known as a stone sculptor seeking the biomorphic essence of plant and animal forms, she also explored abstractions and the human figure in wood, bronze, clay, plaster and brass. She became a member of the Sculptors Guild, New York City, in 1946; and was elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City, as an Associate in 1957, an Academician in 1970. Among prizes for her sculpture, are the Ellin P. Speyer Prize from the National Academy of Design; and the Edith H. and Richard Proskauer Prize from the National Sculpture Society, New York City, in 1984. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in 1973 from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, where she had... Read full biography
Cleo Hartwig was born in 1911 in Webberville, Michigan. Though known as a stone sculptor seeking the biomorphic essence of plant and animal forms, she also explored abstractions and the human figure in wood, bronze, clay, plaster and brass. She became a member of the Sculptors Guild, New York City, in 1946; and was elected to the National Academy of Design, New York City, as an Associate in 1957, an Academician in 1970. Among prizes for her sculpture, are the Ellin P. Speyer Prize from the National Academy of Design; and the Edith H. and Richard Proskauer Prize from the National Sculpture Society, New York City, in 1984. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in 1973 from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, where she had received her Bachelors Degree forty-one years earlier in 1932. Hartwig's art education also included the School of the Art Institute of Chi... Read full biography
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Keywords (39)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists-
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Jose de Creeft
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Teacher
- •New School For Social Research, (The New School), Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts