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George Herms

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George Herms (Born 1935) is active/lives in California.  George Herms is known for Assemblage-found object, collage.

Sculptor George Herms was born in Woodland, California in 1935.  During his attendance at the University of California at Berkeley in 1955, he met artist Wallace Berman, and poet and printer Robert Alexander who introduced him to the world of the emerging 50s Beats.  The direction of his life was changed forever and Mr. Herms began to make art.

In 1961, his work was exhibited in the group show, "The Art of Assemblage", at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.  In 1962, Mr. Herms work was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in an exhibit entitled "Fifty California Artists".  His sculpture is requisite in all major art museum holdings as representative of the California assemblage movement, the work is exhibited and collected extensively.

Museums currently collecting Mr. Herm's work include The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.    ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2162 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about George Herms

   Publications  Book References:  26
Magazine References:  6

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6 Miscellaneous Magazine References for George Herms
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Not-So-Still Life February 2004 Moure, Nancy Yes
Art-Talk Joan Quinn, Etc., Etc., Etc. November 2002 Quinn, Joan Agajanian No
Art in America Review of Exhibitions September 1998 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 1996 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America And the Beat Goes On March 1996 Ratcliff, Carter Yes
ARTFORUM George Herms February 1995 Brooks, Rosetta No
26 Book References for George Herms
Year Author Title Pages Color
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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 Landauer, Susan San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 240 Yes
2003 Landauer, Gerdts, Trenton & Wo The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 226 Yes
2002 Komanecky, Michael K. (editor) Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights 352 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1994 Rubin, David S Old Glory The American Flag in Contemporary Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1993 Laguna Art Museum 75 Works, 75 Years Collecting the Art of California
(Exhibition catalog)		 139 Yes
1990 Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel Word As Image American Art 1960-1990
(Exhibition catalog)		 172 Yes
1990 Solnit, Rebecca Secret Exhibition Six California Artists of the Cold War Era
(Exhibition catalog)		 145 No
1989 Wallace, Keith Rezoning: Collage and Assemblage Bill Bissett, George Herms, Jess, Al Neil
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 Yes
1988 Marrow, Marva Inside the L A Artist 104 Yes
1987 Stich, Sidra Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
(Exhibition catalog)		 280 Yes
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1982 Contemporary Arts Museum The Americans/The Collage
(Exhibition catalog)		 143 Yes
1982 Trenton, Patricia The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections
(Exhibition catalog)		 197 Yes
1981 Ball, Maudette Southern California Artists 1940-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 66 Yes
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1974 Dallas Museum of Fine Art Poets of the Cities New York and San Francisco 1950-1965
(Exhibition catalog)		 174 No
1974 Plagens, Peter Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast 200 Yes
1961 Seitz, William C The Art of Assemblage
(Exhibition catalog)		 176 Yes
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