Artist Museums

George Segal

George Segal (1924 - 2000) was active/lived in New Jersey.  George Segal is known for Sculptor-plaster figure.

A sculptor noted for life-sized white plaster figures cast from life, frozen in a gesture or pose and often juxtaposed with colorful, real everyday environments, George Segal began his career as a painter. However, he changed to sculpture because he wanted to create objects he could touch and to take sculpture off the pedestal. Most of his figures are white and appear to be bandaged. During the 'hay-day' of Abstraction, he held to a representational style, with some in the 1960s calling him a Pop Artist.

He was born in the Bronx of New York where his father was a kosher butcher during the Depression. Showing aptitude in science, he attended Stuyvesant High school, known for its graduating of high achieving students. During World War II, he took time off from school to help his dad run a family chicken farm in New Jersey.

He studied art in New York at Cooper Union, the Pratt Institute of Design, Rutgers, and New York University in classes taught by Tony Smith and William B   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3387 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 583 auction lots for George Segal (of which 425 auction records sold and 5 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 2 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by George Segal as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists George Segal in 2 of its research Essays. George Segal has 15 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for George Segal available:    Cy Twombly,  Mark di Suvero,  Isamu Noguchi,  Claes Thure Oldenburg,  Tony Smith,  George Warren Rickey,  Frank Stella,  John Angus Chamberlain,  David (Roland) Smith,  Ralph Goings,  David Salle,  James Rosenquist,  Lucas Samaras,  Larry Rivers,  Leon Polk Smith,  Morris Louis,  Mel (Melvin John) Ramos,  Richard Anuszkiewicz,  Dorothea Margaret Tanning,  Gene B Davis,  Susan Charna Rothenberg,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Richard Peter Stankiewicz,  Tom Wesselmann