Roszak, Theodore, 1907-1981
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Roszak, Theodore, 1907-1981
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Surname :
Roszak
Forename :
Theodore
Date :
1907-1981
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Biographical History
Roszak established a studio in New York City in 1932 and worked as an artist for the Works Progress Administration during the depression before going back to Chicago to teach at the Art Institute. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College throughout the 1940s and 1950s and at Columbia University from 1970 to 1973. He was a participating artist at the documenta II in Kassel 1959 and at the Venice Biennale in 1960. Roszak's sculpture, at first closer to Constructivism and displaying an industrial aesthetic, changed after around 1946 to a more expressionistic style.
Roszak was affiliated with the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy in Rome, and the National Academy of Design. He served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts from 1963 to 1969. He received the Logan Medal of the Arts (1930), a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (1931), and the Eisendrath Award of the Art Institute of Chicago (1934). Roszak was also an accomplished violinist, and liked to use musical references in his artworks. Roszak died in New York City, where he lived.
Roszak sculpted the 35-foot (11 m) gilded aluminum eagle on the pediment of the former US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/13115613
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85385677
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85385677
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Subjects
Abstract expressionism
Art, American
Sculpture, American
Art
Art and state
Art teachers
Constructivism (Art)
Painters
Painters
Painting, Modern
Public art
Public art
Sculptors
Sculptors
Sculpture, Abstract
Sculpture, Modern
Nationalities
Poles
Americans
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Artist
Painter
Photographers
Sculptor
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New York City
NY, US
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Republic of Poland
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