Mary Frank Ceramic Sculpture

She is largely self taught and never had any formal training as a sculptor.

Mary frank ceramic sculpture. Frank works across disciplines as a sculptor painter photographer and gifted ceramic artist. In the early 1950s she began carving wood sculpture and studied with hans hoffman and max beckmann. Aug 15 2020 jan 1 2021. In 1969 she began working on large multi part figurative clay sculptures until the early 80 s.

See available prints and multiples sculpture and works on paper for sale and learn. Mary frank is best known for her ceramic sculpture and work in printmaking. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Worldwide auctions of art categories.

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. Check back soon for more of stephenson s dispatches. Black and white prints and works on paper. 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.

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. The mid century modern aesthetic. Shows featuring mary frank. View mary frank s 140 artworks on artnet.

Sam stephenson is the author of the jazz loft project. 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. Eugene smith for farrar straus and giroux.

Wood sculpture 1957 1967 and recent photographs runs through june 4 at dc moore gallery new york. Jul 10 nov 27. In the early 1950s she studied with hans hoffman and max beckmann. He is currently at work on a biography of w.

Mary frank created and exhibited ceramic sculpture from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Feb 20 dec 31. Skip to end of content the female emperor exhibition celebrating women artists. Mary frank s career spans five decades.

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. Painting print multiple sculpture volume drawing watercolor ceramic objects. Born in london england in 1933 mary frank moved to the united states with her family in 1940.