Sarai Sherman

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sarai Sherman (born September 2, 1922 in Germantown (Philadelphia) , † October 24, 2013 in New York City ) was an American painter and sculptor . Her works - paintings, prints and ceramics - are attributed to Abstract Expressionism .

Life

Sarai Sherman grew up in Germantown (Philadelphia) and already painted as a schoolchild. After attending Kensington High School - also in Philadelphia - Sarai Sherman met the Impressionists at the Barnes Foundation and graduated from Temple University's Tyler School of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Science . Her teachers during the five years there with Stella Elkins Tyler were the Russian-born Rodin student Boris Blai (1893–1985), the graphic artist Earl Horter (1881–1940) - an American and the German choreographer Hanya Holm .

The study of art history and painting, she graduated from the University of Iowa as Artium Magister . Sherman then went to New York and worked as a designer - designed patterns for textiles and wallpaper. During the war she lived in Eagle Pass, Texas . Her husband's regiment was stationed at an air force base. The couple had a son, Nick.

A Fulbright scholarship enabled Shermann to stay in Italy from 1952 to 1954 . First she learned Italian for half a year in Umbria and then went to Rome as a painter . In Matera , southern Italy , she reflected on an experience in her pictures: the impoverishment of the population in post-war Europe. Returning to the United States in 1955, she spent the next few years drawing on the Impressionist legacy of the French masters of the late 19th century. One of her female role models was the emancipated artist Georgia O'Keeffe .

Bear Cat (1959)

Sarai Sherman experimented with gravure printing; portrayed Marilyn Monroe , Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin and Raphael Soyer in the 1960s - the rock 'n' roll icons within a series as nine images, named Folk Rock Blues and Flower Children ; integrated with texts by the Beatles and Donovan . As a sculptor, she created public art - including 15 paintings (including Bear Cat) in New York City and Washington, DC, and the Marble Sheep in Waterbury, Vermont . The arc of her work spanned the ages. In 1964 she created Bacchantes , inspired by the drama of Euripides .

The designer Sarai Sherman often returned to her apartment in Rome and created ceramics, vases, plates et cetera as commissioned art.

In 1999, Sarai Sherman was elected to the New York National Academy of Design .

Works (selection)

Represented in permanent exhibitions

  • 1962 Entry on Web umenia (Slovak)
Baby Doll (1957)

Presence from 1951 to 1982

  • New York City: ACA Galleries,
  • Rome: Galleria La Nuova Pesa,
  • Turin : Galleria Viotti (Turin),
  • New York City: Forum Gallery,
  • Chicago : Fairweather Hardin Gallery,
  • Salzburg : Galerie Welz,
  • Neusatz / Serbia : Salon Tribune Mladih (),
  • Milan : Galleria dell'Orso
  • Bologna : Studio 5
  • Toronto : Madison Gallery
  • Rome: Galleria Giulia

Prices

  • 1949 Pepsi Cola Award, USA
  • 1952 Fulbright Grant in Painting, Italy
  • 1964 Award for Painting, American Academy of Arts and Letters , New York
  • 1964 Premio Cecina
  • 1965 Premio Resistenza, Pistoia
  • 1965 Premio San Giovanni (gold medal)
  • 1967 Premio Marzotto
  • 1969 Premio Acireale (silver medal)
  • 1970 Childe Hassan Purchase Prize, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
  • 1975 Premio San Marino
  • 1976 Proctor Prize, National Academy of Design , New York

Web links

Commons : Sarai Sherman  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sarai
  2. ↑ Boris Blai in WorldCat
  3. ↑ Marble Sheep
  4. ↑ for example in MoMA
  5. ↑ for example 1954 Mezzadro and 1959 The Centaurs
  6. ↑ for example 1957 The toast
  7. ↑ SNG
  8. ↑ ACA Galleries ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.acagalleries.com
  9. ↑ La Nuova Pesa
  10. ^ Forum Gallery
  11. ^ Fairweather Hardin Gallery
  12. ↑ Galerie Weltz
  13. ↑ Novi Sad Cultural Center
personal data
SURNAME Sherman, Sarai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Germantown (Philadelphia)
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2013
Place of death New York City