- Beverly Pepper
Infobox Artist
bgcolour = #6495ED
name = Beverly Pepper
imagesize =
caption =
birthname = Beverly Stoll
birthdate = birth date and age |1922|12|20|
location =New York City ,New York
deathdate =
deathplace =
nationality = American
field =Painting ,Sculpture ,Abstract art
training =
movement =
works =
patrons =
influenced by =
influenced =
awards =Beverly Pepper (born
December 20 ,1922 ) is a modernsculptor , and abstract painter.She was born Beverly Stoll on
December 20 ,1922 , inNew York City ,New York , U.S., and educated at thePratt Institute (from 1940) and theArt Students League of New York .Beverly Pepper started her career as a commercial artist in New York before shifting to painting and sculpture. She later studied in
Paris (from 1949) withFernand Leger andAndre Lhote , and from 1951 lived in or nearRome . From 1960 she shifted from painting to carving inwood and working inclay andbronze , and the following year beganwelding . She is known fortotem figures,steel sculptures,mirror ed works, and environmentalearth constructions, as in her "Amphisculpture" series (1947–76).She has exhibited internationally, including one-person shows at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art , theBrooklyn Museum of Art ,Ohio ’sColumbus Museum of Art , theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo, and theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art . Since 1951 she has divided her time between homes and studios in New York andTodi ,Italy .She is the mother of American
poet Jorie Graham .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.