Calvin Albert
Calvin Albert (1918 Grand Rapids, Michigan - June 4, 2007) was a member of American Abstract Artists,[1] and Professor of Art at the Pratt Institute, from 1950 to 1985. He was a 1966 Guggenheim Fellow.[2] He won an American finalist to the 1953 International Sculpture Competition.[3]
Life
He studied with Alexander Archipenko and László Moholy-Nagy. He moved to New York City in 1947. He lived in East Hampton, New York from 1965 to 1988.[4]
His work is in the Art Institute of Chicago,[5] the Brooklyn Museum,[6] the Jewish Museum, the Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art.[7] His papers are in the Archives of American Art.[8]
Bibliography
- Calvin Albert's figure drawing comes to life, Translator Dorothy Gees Seckler, Prentice Hall Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-671-61255-9
References
- ↑ http://www.americanabstractartists.org/about/pastmembers.html
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/155-calvin-albert
- ↑ "AFRICAN PRIZE WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE COMPETITION TO BE SHOWN AT MUSEUM" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ↑ http://artists.parrishart.org/artist/5/
- ↑ http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/4867
- ↑ http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/3801/Calvin_Albert
- ↑ http://www.southamptonculturalcenter.org/node/753
- ↑ http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/calvin-albert-papers-5626
External links
- The Calvin Albert Sculpture Exhibition, Southampton College
- http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/calvin-albert.html
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