- Anita Huffington
Anita Huffington (born
December 25 ,1934 ) is an Americansculptor who is noted for her stone and bronze representation of the female torso.Biography
in New York and then set up her own studio where she began to sculpt in stone.
In the mid seventies, NYC had begun to lose some of its attraction for her and her husband, Hank Sutter, so they traveled across the country looking for a new home, finally purchasing a small, dilapidated cabin near
Fayetteville, Arkansas . There she began to flourish as a full-time sculptor. Her stone was usually found around the area that she lived, and she only used hand tools to laboriously discover the figures within.Awards and Grants
*1992 Fellowship awarded in recognition of artistic accomplishment, Arkansas Arts Council.
*1996 La Napoule Art Foundation Residency, La Napoule, France
*1997Jimmy Ernst Award in Art,American Academy of Arts and Letters , New York, NY.References
* Merriam, Dena, "A Dialogue with Stone, The Torsos of Anita Huffington," Sculpture Review 1st Quarter 1993, p 6-12.
* Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review: Critic's Choice," N.Y. Times, March 22, 1996, p. C27.
* Chen, Mark Daniel, "The Figure in 20th Century Art" in New York March 15, 1998.External links
* [http://comp.uark.edu/~etasigma/Anita.html] Many photos of her work
* [http://www.maureenmullarkey.com/essays/huffington.html] A review.Persondata
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