Ibram Lassaw

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Ibram Lassaw (born May 4, 1913 in Alexandria , Egypt , † December 30, 2003 in East Hampton , NY ) was an American sculptor and painter of Russian descent. He was one of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism .

Life

Ibram Lassaw was born in 1913 to Russian parents: Philip and Bertha (Zaleski) Lassaw in Alexandria , Egypt . He moved to the United States with his parents in 1921. Ibram Lassaw studied at the Clay Club from 1926 to 1930 and at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York from 1930 to 1931 . His art was influenced by the works of Jacques Villon , Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Wassily Kandinsky .

In the early 1930s he began to work abstractly. In addition to his filigree metal sculptures, he made abstract and constructivist paintings and drawings. In 1933 he had his first exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery New York. He worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1936 . In 1950 he exhibited at the Salon des Realities Nouvelles in Paris . After 1950 he was a teacher at the American University in Washington, DC Ibram Lassaw was a participant in the Venice Biennale in 1954, the São Paulo Biennale in 1957 and the documenta II in Kassel in 1959 . His works are regularly shown at national and international exhibitions around the world, they are part of important collections and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since 1984 he has been an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

literature

  • Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members: Ibram Lassaw. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lassaw, Ibram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria , Egypt
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2003
Place of death East Hampton , New York , United States