Calvin ALBERT

Background

Albert, Calvin was born on November 19, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Philip and Ethel (Schlacht) Albert.

Education

Student, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1936-1937; student, Institute Design, Chicago, 1937-1939.

Career

including Landmark, Stable and Borgenicht Galleries, New" York, Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Artist Institute of Chicago; retrospective exhibition at Guildhall Museum, East Hampton, North.Y". 1979; other exhibitions in the United States and Galleria George Lester, Rome; sculpture and drawings in collections of Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Jewish Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Arts, University of Nebraska, Chrysler Museum of Art and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Fulbright Advanced Research Grant to Italy 1961; Tiffany Grants 1963, 1965; Guggenheim Fellowship 1966; National Institute of Arts and LettersMember faculty, New York University, 1949-1951; Member faculty, Brooklyn College, 1948-1949; Member faculty, Institute Design, Chicago, 1942-1947; professor art, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1950-1985; head graduate sculpture program, Pratt Institute, 1960-1985; professor emeritus, Pratt Institute, since 1985.

Achievements

• Calvin Albert has been listed as a noteworthy Sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Figure Drawing Comes To Life

    (In this book, Calvin Albert with the help of Dorothy Seck...)

  • Calvin Albert's Figure Drawing Comes to Life

    (Calvin Albert's Figure Drawing Comes to Life)

  • Calvin Albert's Figure Drawing Comes to Life by Albert, Calvin (1987) Paperback

    (2 Sub)

  • FIGURE DRAWING COMES TO LIFE - A Series of Experiments in Drawing the Figure
  • Figure Drawing Comes to Life
  • Calvin Albert's Figure Drawing Comes to Life by Calvin Albert (1987-01-01)

Interests

• Boating.

Connections

Married Martha Neff, December 25, 1941. 1 daughter, Jill.

Father:

Philip Albert

Mother:

Ethel (Schlacht) Albert

Spouse:

Martha Neff