Puryear, Martin, 1941-

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Personal name heading	Puryear, Martin, 1941- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1941-05-23
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	Catholic University of America Yale University Fisk University University of Illinois at Chicago
Profession or occupation	Sculptors College teachers African American artists
Found in	Davies, H.M. Martin Puryear, 1984: p. 42 (b. May 23, 1941) Who's who in America, 1984-1985, 1984: v. 2, p. 2262 (Puryear, Martin, b. May 23, 1941) I-80 series, 1980-82: t.p. (Martin Puryear) p. [14] (b. 1941 in Washington, D.C.) African American National Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Puryear, Martin; sculptor; born 23 May 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; BA from Catholic University of America (1963); studied printmaking and wood sculpture at the Swedish Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm; MFA in Sculpture from Yale University (1971); joined the Peace Corps, serving in Sierra Leone, West Africa (1964-1966); taught at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee (1971-1973); produced Rawhide Cone (1974, artist's collection), Bask (1976, Guggenheim Museum), and Circumbent (1976, artist's collection); taught at the University of Maryland (1974-1978) and at the University of Illinois, Chicago (1978-1990); first solo museum exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (1977); his sculptures appeared in the Whitney Museum Biennials (1979 and 1981); represented the United States at the Twentieth São Paulo Biennial in Brazil and won the grand prize; was an artist-in-residence at the Calder Atelier in Sache, France (1992) and at the American Academy, Rome (1997-1998))
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