Calvin Albert

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Calvin Albert (1918 Grand Rapids, Michigan - June 4, 2007) was a member of American Abstract Artists, [1] and Professor of Art at the Pratt Institute, from 1950 to 1985. He was a 1966 Guggenheim Fellow. [2] He won an American finalist to the 1953 International Sculpture Competition. [3]

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Life

He studied with Alexander Archipenko and László Moholy-Nagy. He moved to New York City in 1947. He lived in East Hampton, New York from 1965 to 1988. [4]

His work is in the Art Institute of Chicago, [5] the Brooklyn Museum, [6] the Jewish Museum, the Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. [7] His papers are in the Archives of American Art. [8]

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