With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Alexander Liberman
Painting/Drawing, Photography, Sculpture
1912 – 1999
- Biography/Description of Work
Russian born Alexander Liberman emigrated to New York in 1941. He worked at Conde Nast and became the art/editorial director from 1962 to 1994. He began his creative career in 1948 as a photographer documenting modern European artists in their studios—Chagall, Picasso and others. In the 1950s he began to paint geometric forms in bold colors and to create monumental abstract sculptures using industrial objects. He moved to Warren c.1960 with his second wife and step-daughter, Francine du Plessix Gray (who married Cleve Gray). A monumental sculpture, ‘Untitled,’ ca. 1965 was given to Yale by Mr. and Mrs. Burton G. Tremaine and stands outside the Art & Architecture Building.
- Sources view
- Bob Gregson, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Liberman, http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Alexander_Liberman, http://www.miandn.com/artists/alexander-liberman/works/1/, http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/11/alexander-liberman-a-definitively-modern-man.html, https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/liberman/, http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114867/conde-nast-under-alexander-liberman-and-current-cultural-impoverishmen, http://www.laumeiersculpturepark.org/alexander-liberman-way Alexander Liberman Article - New York Times - 1971-3-30, Alexander Liberman Article - New York Times - 1974-10-12, Alexander Liberman Article - New York Times - 1993-9-24, Alexander Liberman Obituary - New York Times - 1999-11-20 https://visitorcenter.yale.edu/tours/public-art-yale
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