Mary Frank Ceramic Sculpture

In 1969 she began working on large multi part figurative clay sculptures until the early 80 s.

Mary frank ceramic sculpture. Worldwide auctions of art categories. In the early 1950s she began carving wood sculpture and studied with hans hoffman and max beckmann. Jul 10 nov 27. Black and white prints and works on paper.

The mid century modern aesthetic. View mary frank s 140 artworks on artnet. Aug 15 2020 jan 1 2021. Mary frank was born in london in 1933 and moved to the united states at the age of seven.

Mary frank created and exhibited ceramic sculpture from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Mary frank s career spans five decades. He is currently at work on a biography of w. As she increasingly began working in two dimensions she translated many of the symbolic elements that she had developed in clay into her explorations of new mediums.

Painting print multiple sculpture volume drawing watercolor ceramic objects. Wood sculpture 1957 1967 and recent photographs runs through june 4 at dc moore gallery new york. Check back soon for more of stephenson s dispatches. She was elected to the american academy and institute of arts and letters in 1984 the recipient of numerous awards and honors including two guggenheim foundation fellowship awards in 1973 and 1983 the lee krasner award of the.

Mary frank is a british born american artist best known for her abstract paintings and sculptures which depict the emotional impact of memory and loss. The artist s market biography price levels and indices of his her artworks. She is largely self taught and never had any formal training as a sculptor. Sam stephenson is the author of the jazz loft project.

In the early 1950s she studied with hans hoffman and max beckmann. Feb 20 dec 31. Mary frank reveals herself once more to be the visual poet of the inner life evoking the pain and the mystery of our human embeddedness in the natural world. Skip to end of content the female emperor exhibition celebrating women artists.

However in the past 10 years or so she has turned to painting creating an impressive body of work that is rich in. See available prints and multiples sculpture and works on paper for sale and learn. Shows featuring mary frank. She is not afraid of the large subjects nor is she reluctant to deploy her extraordinary skills as a creator of memorable imagery in the service of our darkest memories.

Eugene smith for farrar straus and giroux. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Mary frank is best known for her ceramic sculpture and work in printmaking.