biografía de Turku TRAJAN (1887-1959)

Lugar de nacimiento: GyulafehÈrv·r, Austria-Hungary

Lugar de defunción: NYC

Direcciones: NYC, 1908

Profesión: Sculptor

Estudios: AIC with Albin Polasek; at Beaux-Arts Inst. Design with John Gregory and Elie Nadelman; ASL

Exposiciones: Salons of Am., 1925-27, 1929-32; AIC, 1930; MoMA, Wash., DC, 1938; Sculptors Gld., NYC, 1938-40; Valentine Gal., NYC, 1944 (solo); WMAA; Albert Landary Gal., NY, 1960 (retrospective)

Asociaciones: Sculptors Gld. (vice-pres.)

Comentarios: Trajan's work distinguishes itself in several ways: Keen's cement is the primary material used; works appear unfinished; letters and words have been incorporated into the surface.

Fuentes: WW40; Fort, The Figure in American Sculpture, 228 (w/repro.)