TROY - Abstract Sculpture (1990) Sculpture by Calvin Albert

CALVIN ALBERT – ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST - PROMINENT ARTIST AND SCULPTOR

THIS SCULPTURE IS SIGNED by the late Calvin Albert
It weighs 18 pounds - It is outlined in graphite and its back has graphite details

Calvin's MIXED MEDIUM is made of resin with gesso, and most are outlined using graphite pencil. While using the figurative tradition he would purposefully use geometric elements and distort the image using his abstract talents to suggest emotion!
This piece is part of a very large collection of Calvin's works including Charcoals Drawings, Bronze, Terra Cotta, Fiberglass, Plaster, and Resin with Gesso Sculptures. Please inquire about additional pieces and prices.

*** See below for further biography information about Calvin Albert. ***
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Calvin's works afforded him many AWARDS including but not limited to:
1944 Haass Prize, Detroit Institute of Arts
1953 International Hororable Mention, London
1954 Forst Award for Sculpture, Audubon Artists
1954 Audubon Artists Sculpture
1966 Guggenheim Fellowship
National Academy of Design
1975 National Institute of Arts and Letters
1975 American Academy of Arts and Letters

Calvin's Sculpture COMMISSIONS included but not limited to:
1954 Art Doors and Candelabra: Steinberg House, N.Y.C.
1955 Outdoor Candelabra: Temple Israel, Tulsa, OK
1957 Eternal light and Candelabra: Temple Israel, Bridgeport, Conn.
1959 Crucifix, Tabernacle and Candlesticks: St. Paul's Church, Peoria, Ill.
1974 Façade Relief, Congregation Emanuel of Grand Rapids

HIGHLIGHTS About the artist:
CALVIN ALBERT was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1918.
He studied in Chicago with Archipenko and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy before moving to New York with his wife in 1947.
He taught at several schools before going to Pratt Institute in 1950. There Calvin was a Professor of Art and Head of the Graduate Sculpture program. He retired as PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PRATT INSTITUTE in 1985 and later moved to Florida.
Calvin's life was fulfilled. He peacefully passed away on June 4, 2007.

He was a prominent SCULPTOR and an ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, although he walked his own line between representation and abstraction. His figures have muscular form; and simultaneously have serenity and a tension. Powerful – majestic – mysterious works! Calvin was a sculptor of enormous range and integrity! He combined both tools and hand to develop his geometric element of distortion from life-like to emotions!

Lent by Calvin Albert and filmed by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, is Calvin's study of developments in sculpture and sculpture training; including writings by Calvin's own experiments with casting work being done in art schools, and areas of technique development in sculpture, and sculptures by him.

Calvin, also was given, in 1961-62, by the American Commission for Cultural Exchange with ITALY, a Fulbright Research Grant; and to the American Academy in Rome where he worked a guest artist. In 1963 and 1965 he received Tiffany Grants.

Calvin TAUGHT at the several SCHOOLS, and his art has been shown at various ONE MAN shows and MUSEUMS, both here and abroad, throughout his career!
Please read Calvin's full biography on my profile page. Thank you and have a good day!

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