Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California
823 Exposition Boulevard
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292
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Museums page for Claire Falkenstein ((1908 - 1997)), known for Sculptor-abstract, mod figure. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
Claire Falkenstein MUSEUMS
1908 Coos Bay, Oregon - 1997 Venice, California. Known for: Sculptor-abstract, mod figure.
Claire Falkenstein is internationally recognized for her innovative Abstract Expressionist sculptures, made of thorny thickets of welded metal fused with melted glass. Beginning in the early 1930s,... Read full biography
Claire Falkenstein is internationally recognized for her innovative Abstract Expressionist sculptures, made of thorny thickets of welded metal fused with melted glass. Beginning in the early 1930s, she invented abstract forms that reflected the new scientific and philosophical concepts of the... Read full biography
Claire Falkenstein is internationally recognized for her innovative Abstract Expressionist sculptures, made of thorny thickets of welded metal fused with melted glass. Beginning in the early 1930s, she invented abstract forms that reflected the new scientific and philosophical concepts of the twentieth century. She grew up in a tiny isolated community on Coos Bay in Oregon. The town had one industry the lumber mill in which her father was a manager. Falkenstein recalled her initiation into a... Read full biography
Claire Falkenstein is internationally recognized for her innovative Abstract Expressionist sculptures, made of thorny thickets of welded metal fused with melted glass. Beginning in the early 1930s, she invented abstract forms that reflected the new scientific and philosophical concepts of the twentieth century. She grew up in a tiny isolated community on Coos Bay in Oregon. The town had one industry the lumber mill in which her father was a manager. Falkenstein recalled her initiation into a life of art:. "The only art in Coos Bay was the funny papers, with one exception. The wealthy owner of the mill, L. J. Simpson, was a collector. He built a mansion called Shore Acres, above the ocean, which he made into a work of art. From six years... Read full biography
Claire Falkenstein is internationally recognized for her innovative Abstract Expressionist sculptures, made of thorny thickets of welded metal fused with melted glass. Beginning in the early 1930s, she invented abstract forms that reflected the new scientific and philosophical concepts of the twentieth century. She grew up in a tiny isolated community on Coos Bay in Oregon. The town had one industry the lumber mill in which her father was a manager. Falkenstein recalled her initiation into a life of art:. "The only art in Coos Bay was the funny papers, with one exception. The wealthy owner of the mill, L. J. Simpson, was a collector. He built a mansion called Shore Acres, above the ocean, which he made into a work of art. From six years old to the age of twelve, we used to go there as guests. I was stimulated because I saw a real honest-to-God oil painting. It was a mytholog... Read full biography
Claire Falkenstein - Artist Info
About Claire Falkenstein: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsLaguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354