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Julius Schmidt

Julius Schmidt (Born 1923) is active/lives in Iowa, Connecticut.  Julius Schmidt is known for Modernist cast iron, bronze and wood sculpture, humans interacting with technology themes.

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Julius Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of Sculpture at the University of Iowa, was born in Stamford, CT, on June 2, 1923. He was the sixth of seven children born to Louis Frank Schmidt and Susie (Koment) Schmidt.

In 1941, he entered the Navy and served as an aerial gunner during World War II. Following discharge from the Navy, he enrolled at Oklahoma A & M College at Stillwater. He then earned a B.F.A. degree from Cranbrook Academy of Ar* in 1953 and for the next two years studied sculpture under Ossip Zadkine in Paris and at the Accademia di Belle Arti* in Florence, Italy. He returned to Cranbrook in 1955 for the M.F.A. in sculpture.

Schmidt served as Chairman of the Sculpture Department at the Kansas City Art Institute* from 1955-1959. He also taught at Rhode Island School of Design*, University of Calfornia at Berkeley and in 1962 was invited to head the Sculpture Department of Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1970, he accepted a position as head of the graduate sculpture   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3465 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  21
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21 Book References for Julius Schmidt
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Sandler, Irving The Empire State Collection Art for the Public 214 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1974 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures 80 No
1971 Schmidt, Julius and Frank Seiberling Julius Schmidt: Recent Sculptures 1967-1971 28 Yes
1969 Lieberman, William Twentieth Century Art From the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
139 Yes
1968 Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott An American Collection The Neuberger Collection 463 Yes
1966 Taylor, Joshua C The W Hawkins Ferry Collection Detroit Institute of Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
72 Yes
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
210 No
1959 Miller, Dorothy C Sixteen Americans
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
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