Richard Hunt (sculptor)
| Richard Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 12, 1935 South Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation | sculptor |
| Home town | Chicago |
| Website | http://www.richardhunt.us |
Richard Hunt (born September 12, 1935) is an internationally renowned sculptor.
He was born in 1935 on Chicago's South Side. From an early age he was interested in the arts, as his mother was an artist. As a young boy, Hunt began to show enthusiasm and talent in artistic disciplines such as drawing and painting, and also sculpture, an interest that grew more and more as he got older. He developed his skills at the Junior School of the Art Institute and later at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt also acquired business sense and awareness of social issues from working for his father in a barbershop.
Hunt began to experiment with materials and sculpting techniques, influenced heavily by progressive twentieth-century artists. This experimentation garnered critically positive response from the art community, such that Hunt was exhibited at the Artists of Chicago and Vicinity Show and the American Show, where the Museum of Modern Art purchased a piece for its collection. He was the youngest artist to exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, a major international survey exhibition of modern art.
Hunt has completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the country. His signature pieces include Jacob's Ladder at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago and Flintlock Fantasy in Detroit. He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as one of the first artists to serve on the governing board of the National Endowment for the Arts and he also served on boards of the Smithsonian Institution. Hunt is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees.
Hunt has continued to experiment throughout his successful career, employing a wide range of sculptural techniques. Through his work, Hunt often makes comments on contemporary social and political issues.
Honors and awards
- Elected into the National Academy of Design, 1999
- Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center, 2009[1]
Selected works
Footnotes
- ↑ International Sculpture Center website. 'Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award page'. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
References
- Payne, Les (1997). "The Life and Art of Richard Hunt". Newsday (January 9): Sect. B, pp. 6–7, 23.
- Brockington, Horace (1997). "Richard Hunt, The Studio Museum in Harlem". Review (January 15): 10–12.
- Schmerler, Sarah (October 1997). "Richard Hunt, The Studio Museum in Harlem". Sculpture: 54–55.
- Baltimore Museum of Art, and Jay McKean Fisher. Prints by a Sculptor: Richard Hunt. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1979.
Castro, Jan Garden (May–June 1998). "Richard Hunt: Freeing the Human Soul". Sculpture: 34–39. Retrieved 2009-02-28.