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John Storrs

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John Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956) was active/lived in Illinois / France.  John Storrs is known for Sculpture, non ob woodcuts, painting.

Born and raised in Chicago, John Storrs was a pioneer modernist sculptor known for his precisely executed, solid, non-objective, machine-like forms. He spent most of his adult life in France, living much of the time in Orleans, having first traveled to Europe in 1907-1908.

He returned to Chicago and studied with sculptor Lorado Taft at the Art Institute of Chicago and then with Charles Grafly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1912, he returned to France and became a student of Auguste Rodin until Rodin's death in 1917. During this period, Storrs had used a realist style in his sculpture, but by 1920, he was pursuing Cubism and Futurism and then turned to vertical, totally non-objective pieces that resembled architectural structures.

In 1930, he designed "Ceres" the 33-foot high aluminum statue atop the Board of Trade Building in Chicago.

During World War II, he was imprisoned for one year by Nazis.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for John Storrs


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Nude Figure, Nudity
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
  • Statue Sculpture
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Expatriate from USA or Canada
Art Association
  • Salons of America
Art Teacher
  • Lorado Taft
Art School
  • Academie Julian, Paris, Student
  • Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
Added Description
  • Abstract Sculpture Specialty
  • Tree Studio Building Artist, Chicago
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
  • Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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