Harold Paris

Harold Paris
Harold Paris, 1977 by Mimi Jacobs
Born(1925-08-16)August 16, 1925
Edgemere, Long Island, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 1, 1979(1979-07-01) (aged 53)
El Cerrito, California, U.S.
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich,
Atelier 17
Known forPrintmaking, sculpture
MovementAbstract Expressionism
SpouseDeborah Little Paris[1]

Harold Persico Paris (1925–1979) was an American printmaker, sculptor and educator. He taught art classes at the University of California, Berkeley from 1963 until 1979.

Early life and education

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Paris was born on August 16, 1925, in Edgemere, Long Island, New York.[2] In World War II he served as a correspondent for the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes and during that time he witnessed the death camps at Buchenwald concentration camp which had a profound effect on him and his art.[3] Paris studied printmaking at Atelier 17 in New York City and sculptural casting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste) in Munich.[4] In 1953 and 1954 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[5] He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a Tiffany Foundation grant.[4]

Career and late life

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In the early 1960s Paris settled in California.[3] In 1963 he became a professor at University of California, Berkeley. He taught printmaking and sculpture[6] and co-founded the bronze foundry there.[3] One of Paris' students was Shirin Neshat.[7] Paris was also an involved with the Peter Voulkos' pot palace ceramic studio.[8]

Paris exhibited extensively while in California. In 1972 a major exhibition of his work The California Years was held at the University Art Museum in Berkeley.[6]

Paris died in El Cerrito, California, on July 1, 1979.[3]

Collections

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Paris' work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[9] the Museum of Modern Art,[10] the National Gallery of Art,[11] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[12] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[13] His papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harold Paris papers, 1946-1982". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Harold Persico Paris". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  3. ^ a b c d "Harold Persico Paris Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Harold Paris". AskArt. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Harold Paris". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "University of California: In Memoriam, 1980". Calisphere. The University of California. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ^ Cohen, Alina (2019-03-01). "Shirin Neshat on Her Path from Art School Outcast to Contemporary Art Icon". Artsy. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  8. ^ "Hal Fischer on Harold Paris". Artforum. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Harold Paris". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Harold Paris". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Harold Persico Paris". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Harold Paris, Patois II, 1963". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Harold Paris". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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