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Marion Perkins, Man of Sorrows, 1950. Art Institute of Chicago. Marion Marche Perkins (1908 – December 17, 1961) [1] was an American sculptor who taught and exhibited at Chicago's South Side Community Art Center and exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. [2]
Miró's Chicago (originally called The Sun, the Moon and One Star) [1] is a sculpture by Joan Miró in Brunswick Plaza, Chicago, United States. It is 39 feet (12 m) tall, and is made of steel , wire mesh , concrete , bronze , and ceramic tile .
Detail of Haste's wire work on a timber wolf sculpture.. Haste was born in 1971 in Putney, London, where she grew up. [1] [2] [3] She graduated from the Wimbledon College of Art in 1990, and in 1993 earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in illustration from the Camberwell College of Arts.
Alexander "Sandy" Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [1]
He studied at the University of Chicago, and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in industrial design in 1937. [1] Lippold worked as an industrial designer from 1937 to 1941. After he became a sculptor, Lippold taught at several universities, including Hunter College at the City University of New York, from 1952 to 1967.
Hunt began exhibiting his sculptures nationwide while still a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [22] [23] In 1957 as a senior, his piece Arachne (1956) was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. [22] [23] He received a bachelor's of arts in education (BAE) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago that ...
Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. [ 1 ] In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder , Ruth Asawa , and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form.
Preston Eugene Jackson is an American painter, sculptor and educator who has created many public art sculptures in the Central Illinois area. [1] [2] He works in metal, both steel and foundry cast metals, and also paints. [3] His paintings and sculptures cover many styles, from abstract to "emotionally charged realism."