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David Von Schlegell

David Von Schlegell (1920 - 1992) was active/lived in Connecticut, Maine.  David Von Schlegell is known for Abstract welded steel, sculpture abstract painting.

Obituary. New York Times, October 6, 1992

David von Schlegell, Abstract Artist, Is Dead at 72

By Roberta Smith

David von Schlegell, an abstract sculptor and painter who was also a professor emeritus at the Yale University School of Art, died yesterday at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven.  He was 72 years old and lived in Guilford, Conn.

He had been ill for some time with prostate cancer and died of a stroke, said his wife, Susan Howe.

Mr. von Schlegell was born in St. Louis on May 25, 1920.  His father was William von Schlegell, an American Impressionist painter.  David von Schlegell studied painting at the Art Students League in New York, where his father taught.

He turned to sculpture in the early 1960's after building his house in Ogunquit, Me.  He evolved a vocabulary of streamlined abstract forms and planes, often held in place by rigging wire, that reflected his knowledge of Constructivism and as well as his   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2160 characters.]  Artist bio

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