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

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/155-calvin-albert
  3. ↑ "AFRICAN PRIZE WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE COMPETITION TO BE SHOWN AT MUSEUM" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://artists.parrishart.org/artist/5/
  5. ↑ http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/4867
  6. ↑ http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/3801/Calvin_Albert
  7. ↑ http://www.southamptonculturalcenter.org/node/753
  8. ↑ http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/calvin-albert-papers-5626
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