Background
Creeft, Jòse De was born on November 27, 1884 in Guadalajara, Spain. Son of Mariano and Rosa (Champane) de Creeft.
Creeft, Jòse De was born on November 27, 1884 in Guadalajara, Spain. Son of Mariano and Rosa (Champane) de Creeft.
Student sculpture Augustine Querol Studio, Madrid, 1900-1904, Academie Julien, Paris, France, 1905-1907, Maisons Greber, Paris, 1911-1914.
Maria. Came to the United States 1929, naturalized, 1940. First exhibited Seattle Art Museum, 1929. Exhibitions also include annually at Georgetta Passedolt Gallery, New York City, 1936-1949, also Fine Arts Pavilion New York World’s Fair, 1964, White House Festival of Arts, Washington, 1965, Kennedy Galleries, New York City 1969, 70, 72, 73, 74.
One-man retrospective New School for Social Research, Art Center, 1974, New school and Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1975.
Teacher sculpture Art Students League, 1944-1948, 57-82. Teacher New School Social Research, New York City, 1932-1948, 57-60, Norton School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, winters 1948-1949, 50-51, Skowhegan (Maine) School Painting and Sculpture, summers 1948-1949.
Commissioned Alice in Wonderland 16 foot Bronze group, New York, 1957, mosaic Bronx Municipal New Nurses Residence and School, 1961, bronze relief Public Health Laboratory, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1966. Represented in permanent collections Metropolitan Artist
Museum, Whitney Museum American Art, Museum Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum Art, Brooklyn Museum, Pennsylvania Academy, Seattle Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Vatican.
Fellow National Sculpture Society, Sculptor’s Guild, Federation Modern Painters and Sculptors. Member Academy Arts and Letters Artists’ Equity (director), Audubon Artists (director), National Society Literature and Arts, Hispanic Society American (correspondent). Books about: Jose de Creeft, by Jules Campos, 1949.
Married Alice Carr, May 15, 1928. Married second, Lorraine Helen Goulet, November 12, 1944. Children: William, Nina.