biografía de George Earl ORTMAN (1926-2015)

Lugar de nacimiento: Oakland, CA

Direcciones: Castine, ME

Profesión: Painter, sculptor

Estudios: Ariz. State Univ.; Calif. Col. A. & Cr.; Atelier 17, NYC; Acad. Andre Lhote, Paris, France; Hans Hofmann Sch., NYC

Exposiciones: Carnegie Int., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1960, 1964 & 1970; "Toward a New Abstraction," Jewish Mus., New York, 1963; Tokyo Biennial, Japan, 1964; "100 Years of American Art," 1964 & "Two Decades of Geometric Abstraction," 1965, WMAA; Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Galleries, NYC, 1970s. Awards: Guggenheim fel., 1965; first prize for Religion in Art, Birmingham Mus. Art, 1966; first prize, NJ State Mus. Second Ann., 1967.

Obra: MoMA & WMAA; Walker Art Ctr., Minneapolis, Minn.; Albright-Knox Art Gal., Buffalo, NY; Milwaukee Art Ctr., Wis. Commissions: relig. banners, Christian Theol. Sem. Indianapolis, Ind., 1966; mural, comn. by Bd. Educ., NYC, 1967; Reredo, Unitarian Church, Princeton, NJ, 1968; banners, Indiana Univ. Opera House, 1971; Oracle (three panels), Mfrs. Hanover Trust, 1971.

Comentarios: Preferred medium: constructions. Teaching: sr. fel. painting, Princeton Univ., 1966-69; hd. painting dept., Cranbrook Acad. Art, 1970-.

Fuentes: WW73; J. Borgzingler, "Analytical Art," Time mag. (Apr., 1964); Martin Friedman, "Symbols," Art News (Oct., 1965); J. Brown, Introduction for catalog to solo show, Indianapolis Mus. Art, Apr., 1971.