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1899 Southboro, Massachusetts - 1965 New York City. Known for: Sculptor-figure, landscape.
Nathaniel Choate was an American artist born in 1902. He studied painting in Paris before deciding to pursue sculpture after a trip to Greece. He gained critical notice for his small sculptures of... Read full biography
Nathaniel Choate was an American artist born in 1902. He studied painting in Paris before deciding to pursue sculpture after a trip to Greece. He gained critical notice for his small sculptures of animals and native portrait heads inspired by his travels to Morocco, the Sudan, and elsewhere. Choate... Read full biography
Nathaniel Choate was an American artist born in 1902. He studied painting in Paris before deciding to pursue sculpture after a trip to Greece. He gained critical notice for his small sculptures of animals and native portrait heads inspired by his travels to Morocco, the Sudan, and elsewhere. Choate also worked on relief sculptures for various commissions, including the Federal Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Pittman, New Jersey, post office. He taught at the summer school of... Read full biography
Nathaniel Choate was an American artist born in 1902. He studied painting in Paris before deciding to pursue sculpture after a trip to Greece. He gained critical notice for his small sculptures of animals and native portrait heads inspired by his travels to Morocco, the Sudan, and elsewhere. Choate also worked on relief sculptures for various commissions, including the Federal Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Pittman, New Jersey, post office. He taught at the summer school of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and privately in New York. Choate also had an interest in ceramics and established the Aldham Kilns in Aldham, Pennsylvania. He exhibited his work at the National Academy and executed murals for the Calypso... Read full biography
Nathaniel Choate was an American artist born in 1902. He studied painting in Paris before deciding to pursue sculpture after a trip to Greece. He gained critical notice for his small sculptures of animals and native portrait heads inspired by his travels to Morocco, the Sudan, and elsewhere. Choate also worked on relief sculptures for various commissions, including the Federal Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Pittman, New Jersey, post office. He taught at the summer school of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and privately in New York. Choate also had an interest in ceramics and established the Aldham Kilns in Aldham, Pennsylvania. He exhibited his work at the National Academy and executed murals for the Calypso Restaurant in Greenwich Village. Choate passed away in 1979.
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Craftsperson, Handicrafts
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art Association
- •Century Club Association, New York City
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Salons of America
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts