The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Richard Hunt

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Richard Hunt

1/15/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.025

Sculptor and painter Richard Hunt (1935 - ) was internationally renowned for his artwork and his ability to transform and fuse raw material with space. Hunt completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the United States including "Jacob's Ladder" at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago and "Flintlock Fantasy" in Detroit, Michigan. Hunt was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 1/15/2001, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 31m 07s

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Hunt, Richard, 1935-

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Sculptor Richard Hunt was born September 12, 1935, on Chicago's historic South Side. From his mother, Hunt developed an appreciation of the arts, while he developed a business acumen and interest in politics working at his father's barbershop. At an early age, Hunt gravitated towards drawing, painting and the medium through which he was to transform his own life and the art world -- sculpture. Hunt continued his artistic development at the Junior School of The Art Institute. Hunt attended the Un...