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Grippe, Peter Joseph was born on August 8, 1912 in Buffalo. Son of Leonard and Josephine Grippe.
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Peter Joseph Grippe
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Peter Joseph Grippe, American Sculptor, artist, printmaker. Recipient Purchase prize Brooklyn Museum, 1947, First prize for Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1952, Sculpture award National Council for United States Art, 1955, Sculpture award Rhode Island Arts Festival, 1961, Guggenheim fellowship in Sculpture, 1964.
Education
Student, Albright Art School, 1923-1925; student, The Art Institute of Chicago of Buffalo, 1929-1935; student, Atelier 17, 1944-1947.
Career
Student teacher, The Art Institute of Chicago of Buffalo, 1934-1935;
sculptor, painter, Federal Art Projects, New York City, 1939-1942;
sculptor, Black Mtn. (North Carolina) College, 1948;
designer, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1949-1950;
sculptor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1951-1952;
director, instructor, Atelier 17, New York City, 1951-1954;
sculptor, printmaker, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1953-1977;
retired, since 1977. Represented in permanent collections at Reba & David William Collection, Museum Modern Art, Whitney Museum of America Art, Library. of Congress, Brooklyn Museum, Albright Art Gallery, Toledo Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum, Walker Art Center, Print Council, United States Information Center, Brandeis U., National Gallery of Art, University of Michigan, Rhode Island School of Design, Chapman Memorial Center, Addison Gallery of Art.
One man exhibitions include Orrefors Galleries, New York City, 1942, Willard Gallery, New York City, 1944-1946, Peridot Gallery, New York City, 1957, 59, Nordness Gallery, New York City, 1960, Cantor Art Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986, Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York City, 1991.
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Married Florence Berg, April 21, 1940. 1 stepchild, Ronald Roseman.
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Recipient Purchase prize Brooklyn Museum, 1947, First prize for Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1952, Sculpture award National Council for United States Art, 1955, Sculpture award Rhode Island Arts Festival, 1961, Guggenheim fellowship in Sculpture, 1964.Recipient Purchase prize Brooklyn Museum, 1947, First prize for Print, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1952, Sculpture award National Council for United States Art, 1955, Sculpture award Rhode Island Arts Festival, 1961, Guggenheim fellowship in Sculpture, 1964.