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François Stahly

François Stahly (1911 - 2006) was active/lived in California / Switzerland, France.  Francois Stahly is known for Public modernist symbolic sculpture.

François Stahly
1911-2006
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During his highly distinguished career, Swiss sculptor François Stahly received numerous commissions for public works both in Europe and America, where Nelson Rockefeller was one of his greatest patrons.

Stahly spent his childhood in Switzerland. His Italian father and grandfather were both painters and strongly encouraged François to follow in their vocation. Though Stahly did not follow their interest in painting, he adopted an interest in the arts and attended art school in Zurich in 1926. At that time, the Bauhaus ideology dominated the avant-garde. While Stahly was inspired by the proclamations of a utopian harmony and universal equilibrium, he was not drawn to the movement's utilitarian aesthetic.

So in 1931, he went to Paris and attended the Academie Ranson and found a much broader range of artistic expression. He became part of a group of young artists called Temoignage, which included Manessier, Bertholle and Le Moal; unfort   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3506 characters.]  Artist bio

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