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1930 Sanger, California - 2021 Sacramento, California. Known for: Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches.
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, the artist Ruby Neri. Mr. Neri was a younger presence in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, which encompassed a group of artists in the 1950s and ’60s who bucked the trend toward Abstract Expressionism and returned... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, the artist Ruby Neri. Mr. Neri was a younger presence in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, which encompassed a group of artists in the 1950s and ’60s who bucked the trend toward Abstract Expressionism and returned to figure-focused art. Its members included the painters Richard Diebenkorn and David Park and the sculptor and cera... Read full biography
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Keywords (39)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Body Parts
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Torsos
Art School
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
- •California College of the Arts (and Crafts), Teacher
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Karen and Robert Duncan Collection, Lincoln NE
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art