Background
Albert, Calvin was born on November 19, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Philip and Ethel (Schlacht) Albert.
Albert, Calvin was born on November 19, 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Philip and Ethel (Schlacht) Albert.
Institute of Design, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago and Archipenko School of Sculpture.
including Landmark, Stable and Borgenicht Galleries, New' York, Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Art. Institute of Chicago; retrospective exhibition at Guildhall Museum, East Hampton, N.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 Letters Member faculty New York University, 1949-1951, Brooklyn College, 1948-1949, Institute Design, Chicago, 1942-1947. Professor art Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1950-1985, head graduate sculpture program, 1960-1985, professor emeritus, from 1985.
Exhibited in one man shows at, Theobald Gallery, Chicago, 1941, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, 1943, 48, Puma Gallery, New York City, 1944, Art Institute, Chicago, 1945, California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1947. Exhibited in one man shows at, Laurel Gallery, New York City, 1950, Light Gallery, Southampton, New York, 1981, Phoenix Gallery, Washington, 1982, Ingber Gallery, New York City, 1983, Bologna-Londi Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1983, Ingber Gallery, New York City, 1985, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York, 1986, Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1988, Ground Zero, Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, 1988, Gaumann Cicchino Galery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1989, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, Florida, 1990, Peter Drew Gallery, Boca Raton, 1991. Exhibited in traveling show, Des Moines Art Center, University Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Michigan State University, 1957, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York City, 1952, 54, 56, 57, Stable Gallery, New York City, 1959, 64, Jewish Museum, New York City, 1960, Galleria George Lester, Rome, Italy, 1962, Landmark Gallery, New York City, 1974, 77, Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, 1975.
Exhibited in retrospective, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, 1979, group shows at, Houston Museum Fine Arts, 1958-1959, Addison Gallery, 1959, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, 1961, Art Institute Chicago, 1962, Sculpture Biennale, Cararra, Italy, 1962, Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, 1963, FAR Gallery, New York City, 1964, Whitney Museum, 1954-1957, 60, 62, 64, University Illinois, 1965. Representative permanent collections, Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute Chicago, Detroit Institute Arts, Metropolitan Museum, Jewish Museum, University Nebraska, Chrysler Museum Art, Wm. Rockhill Nelson Gallery Art.
Author: (with D.G. Seckler) Figure Drawing Comes to Life, 1957, 2nd edition, 1987.
Married Martha Neff, December 25, 1941. 1 daughter, Jill.