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Manuel Neri Jr

Manuel Neri, Jr. (1930 - 2021) was active/lived in California.  Manuel Neri Jr is known for Bay Area figurative sculpture, sketches.

"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021.

Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles.

Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91.

His death was confirmed by his daughter, the artist Ruby Neri.

Mr. Neri was a younger presence in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, which encompassed a group of artists in the 1950s and ’60s who bucked the trend toward Abstract Expressionism and returned to figure-focused art. Its members included the painters Richard Diebenkorn and David Park and the sculptor and ceramicist Peter Voulkos. Mr. Neri studied with Mr. Diebenkorn and Mr. Voulkos, among others in the move   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7553 characters.]  Artist bio

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