- Seymour Lipton
Seymour Lipton (
6 November 1903 –15 December 1986 ) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist but focused on sculpture from 1932. His early choices of medium changed fromwood tolead and then tobronze , and he is best known for his work in metal. He made several technical innovations, includingbrazing nickel -silver rods onto sheets ofMonel to createrust resistant forms.Much of his art addresses the themes of
flight ,nature andwar .References
* "History of Sculpture" by Allan Marquand and Arthur L Frothingham, page 293, ISBN 0-87891-408-0
* Marika Herskovic, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50253062&tab=holdings "American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey,"] (New York School Press, 2003.) ISBN 0-9677994-1-4
* Marika Herskovic, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50666793&tab=holdings "New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,"] (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/05/0513/T051311.asp The Grove Dictionary of Art] (excerpt available online)
* [http://www.drloriv.com/lipton/default.asp#lipton Intro by art historian Dr. Lori]
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