Philip Grausman

Philip Grausman (b. 1935, NY, NY) is a sculptor who continues to push the limits of the time-honored portrait in art. His early work focused on natural forms representing buds and seeds and this exploration led him to the underlying structure and form of the human head. His monumental heads of fiberglass display a subtle hand and the lack of detail makes a stunning presentation. He also continues to create reductivist portraits at normal scale experimenting with various metals with matte finishes to accomplish his vision.

Grausman has received numerous awards including the Rome Prize in Sculpture, a Ford Foundation Purchase Award, and grants from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation among others. His many solo and group exhibitions of sculpture and drawings have been displayed throughout the U.S.

Philip is currently a drawing critic at the Yale Graduate School of Architecture.

Education

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Summer studies
1957 B.A., Syracuse University
1959 Art Students League (studied with Jose de Creeft)
1959 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art

Sculptures in Collections

United States

Connecticut

* "Martha Grausman", 1975, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

District of Columbia

* "José Limón", 1969, National Portrait Gallery, Washington

Massachusetts

* "Philip Roth", 1975, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham
* "Fruit", 1971, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln

Michigan

* "Fred and Lena Meijer", 2000, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
* "Kathy", 1973, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
* "Arthur Miller", 1980, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

New Hampshire

* "Grasshopper", 1971, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover

New Jersey

* "Leucantha", 1993, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton

New York

* "Germinating Form", 197?, Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
* "Figure", 1962, Herbert E. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
* "Isabel Bishop", 1983, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
* "Boy and Bird", 1959, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica
* "Pea", 1965, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NYC

Ohio

* "Edward Gorey", 1977, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus

Virginia

* "Pat", 1974, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

External links

* [http://www.philipgrausman.com/ Philip Grausman Website]
* [http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/c_pgraus.htm Grounds For Sculpture]