biografía de Calvin ALBERT (1918-2007)

Lugar de nacimiento: Grand Rapids, MI

Direcciones: Chicago, IL, 1947; Brooklyn, NY, 1973

Profesión: Sculptor, educator, painter

Estudios: Grand Rapids Art Gallery with Otto Karl Bach; AIC; Inst. Design (Chicago) with Moholy-Nagy & Gyorgy Kepes; Archipenko Sch. Sculpture; Fulbright advan. res. grant, 1961-1962; Tiffany grant, 1963, 1965; Guggenheim fel., 1966.

Exposiciones: AIC, 1941, 1945; VMFA, 1946; Detroit Inst., A.,1945; Unknown Political Prisoner Prizewinners, MOMA & Tate Gallery, London, Eng, 1953; WMAA Ann.,1954-1968; le Dessin Contemporains aux AIC; Etats Unis, Musée Nat d'Arte Moderne, Paris, France, 1954; Univ. Ill. Contemp Painting & Sculpture, 1957 & 1965; 20th Century Masters of Drawing, Gallery Mod Art, New York, 1964.

Obra: MMA; WMAA; AIC; Jewish Mus., New York; Detroit Inst Arts. Commissions: Ark Doors & Candelabra, Steinberg House, Park Ave Synagogue, New York, 1954; Outdoor Candelabra, Temple Israel, Tulsa, Okla, 1955; Eternal Light & Candelabra, Temple Israel, Bridgeport, Conn., 1957; Crucifix, Tabernacle & Candlesticks, St Paul's Church, Peoria, Ill., 1959.

Comentarios: Preferred media: plaster, metal. Teaching: instr. sculpture & design, Inst. Design, Chicago, 1942-1946; instr. color & drawing, Brooklyn College, 1947-1949; prof. art & head grad. sculpture program, Pratt Inst, 1949-. Publications: Co-auth, Figure drawing comes to life, 1957.

Fuentes: WW73; WW47.