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
editHe 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
edit- Calvin Albert's figure drawing comes to life, Translator Dorothy Gees Seckler, Prentice Hall Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-671-61255-9
References
edit- ^ "American Abstract Artists | Past Members". Archived from the original on 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ "Calvin Albert - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "AFRICAN PRIZE WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE COMPETITION TO BE SHOWN AT MUSEUM" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^ "The Parrish Art Museum - East End Stories - Calvin Albert". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Discover Art & Artists | the Art Institute of Chicago". The Art Institute of Chicago.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum".
- ^ "CALVIN ALBERT: DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE | Southampton Cultural Center". www.southamptonculturalcenter.org. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
- ^ "Calvin Albert papers, 1933-1964".