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Born 1935 Woodland, California. Known for: Assemblage-found object, collage.
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in an exhibit entitled "Fifty California Artists". His sculpture is requisite in all major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement, the work is exhibited and collected... Read full biography
Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935. During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats. The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art. In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in an exhibit entitled "Fifty California Artists". His sculpture is requisite in all major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement, the work is exhibited and collected extensively. Museums currently collecting Mr. Herm's work include The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Th... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- •Prix de Rome Prize
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art