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Born 1926 New Britain, Connecticut. Known for: Constructions, collage, mod figure.
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he is known primarily for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather,... Read full biography
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he is known primarily for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. He became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New... Read full biography
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he is known primarily for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. He became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He is also a watercolorist and sculptor who did many works relating to medieval themes of Knights, Death, and the Devil starting with the Orpheus legend, a theme he further explored through the... Read full biography
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he is known primarily for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. He became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He is also a watercolorist and sculptor who did many works relating to medieval themes of Knights, Death, and the Devil starting with the Orpheus legend, a theme he further explored through the writing of his own poetry. After serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked... Read full biography
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, he is known primarily for his assemblages in which he uses a variety of incongruous objects such as parts of weathered barn doors, antique dolls' heads, old leather, marbles, and ping-pong balls. He became a professor of sculpture at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He is also a watercolorist and sculptor who did many works relating to medieval themes of Knights, Death, and the Devil starting with the Orpheus legend, a theme he further explored through the writing of his own poetry. After serving in the United States Navy, he attended Central Connecticut Teachers College and the Vesper George School of Art in Boston. In 1953, he had a Fulbright grant to paint in Italy, and from 1956 to 1959, he worked with Josef Albers, geometric abstractionist, at Yale University where he earned both his BFA and MFA.... Read full biography
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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
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art School
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Art Enterprises Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art