Seymour Lipton (6 November 1903 – 15 December 1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculpture. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentistry but focused on sculpture from 1932. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel-silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms.
His work is included in the Phillips Collection,
Books
Dr. Lori Verderame wrote the definitive monograph on Seymour Lipton entitled
Seymour Lipton: An American Sculptor in 1999 published by Hudson Hills Press and the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University. The book was based on the author's research conduction to complete her Ph.D. dissertation entitled
Seymour Lipton: Themes of Nature in the 1950s The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
[Verderame, Lori Ann. Seymour Lipton: An American Sculptor, New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press in cooperation with the Palmer Museum of Art The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1999.]
Much of his art addresses the themes of
flight,
nature and
war.
See also
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Laureate public sculpture in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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The Empty Room public sculpture in The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection in Albany, New York
External links
Seymour Lipton: Post War American in Three Dimensions by Dr. Lori Verderame
