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.
Arnold Prince
Education/Curation, Painting/Drawing, Sculpture
1925 – 2014
Caribbean American sculptor and teacher.
- Biography/Description of Work
Arnold Prince was a native of St. Kitts, in the British West Indies, who came to the United States to study at the Art Students League in the 1950s. He began teaching at a high school in Harlem, from 1972 to 1980 at the Rhode Island School of Design, and also at North Adams State College in Massachusetts and Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. He wrote the book “Carving Wood and Stone, an Illustrated Manual,” published in 1981, and often used as a textbook. He lived and worked in Chaplin with his wife, Claudia Widdiss, also a sculptor and teacher. His commissioned art includes a bronze monument of civil rights leader, the Rev. Arthur Hardge, which was installed in front of the Multicultural Center of the University of Rhode Island in 2000.
- Sources view
- Telephone interview by C. Hitchcock with Claudia Widdiss, 6/10/2015.
Town of Windham Assessor’s Records and GIS viewer: http://www.mapgeo.com/SCCOGCT/ .
Prince, Arnold. Society of Connecticut Sculptors web site. Accessed 5/30/2016 at: http://www.ctsculptors.org/Works/Prince/Prince.pdf .
Prince, Arnold, 1925-2014. Our risd: a place to show and tell. Rhode Island School of Design web site. Accessed at: http://our.risd.edu/post/82831938770/arnold-prince-19252014 .
Regan, Elizabeth. 6/06/2014. ‘Beloved artist, teacher, remembered at memorial.’ Norwich Bulletin.
‘Spotlight on the Artist – Arnold Prince.’ January 2008. Newsletter of the Society of Connecticut Sculptors. Vol. 5, No. 1. Essex, CT.
Van Nes, Claudia. 9/26/1997. ‘Sculpture at Juried Art Show.’ Hartford Courant. Accessed at: http://articles.courant.com/1997-09-26/news/9709260694_1_annual-juried-show-representational-work-sculpture . - Associated Resource(s)