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1940 Durham, North Carolina - 2000. Known for: Geometric abstract painting, teaching.
Vernon Pratt was an associate professor of art at Duke University. A graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Pratt enrolled at Duke in 1958 but finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at... Read full biography
Vernon Pratt was an associate professor of art at Duke University. A graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Pratt enrolled at Duke in 1958 but finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at the San Francisco Art Institute. He returned to Duke in 1964 as a professor, a position he held... Read full biography
Vernon Pratt was an associate professor of art at Duke University. A graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Pratt enrolled at Duke in 1958 but finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at the San Francisco Art Institute. He returned to Duke in 1964 as a professor, a position he held until his untimely death in 2000. Pratt may be best known for creating the massive, publicly funded Education Wall across from the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design... Read full biography
Vernon Pratt was an associate professor of art at Duke University. A graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Pratt enrolled at Duke in 1958 but finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at the San Francisco Art Institute. He returned to Duke in 1964 as a professor, a position he held until his untimely death in 2000. Pratt may be best known for creating the massive, publicly funded Education Wall across from the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University mounted an exhibition of his work, "Permutations, Progressions + Possibilities = The Art of Vernon Pratt", last fall at the Betty Ray McCain Art Gallery, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. His... Read full biography
Vernon Pratt was an associate professor of art at Duke University. A graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Pratt enrolled at Duke in 1958 but finished his undergraduate and master's degrees at the San Francisco Art Institute. He returned to Duke in 1964 as a professor, a position he held until his untimely death in 2000. Pratt may be best known for creating the massive, publicly funded Education Wall across from the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University mounted an exhibition of his work, "Permutations, Progressions + Possibilities = The Art of Vernon Pratt", last fall at the Betty Ray McCain Art Gallery, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. His work is also in the permanent collection of the NC Museum of Art.
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Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art School
- •San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty