Norman Ives
Norman Seaton Ives | |
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Norman Ives and Josef Albers (1972) at Sirocco Screenprints Inc. in New Haven
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Born | Panama Canal Zone[1] |
March 23, 1923
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Alma mater | Wesleyan University, Yale University |
Movement | Mid-Modernist[2] |
Spouse(s) | Constance Taffinder[1] |
Children | 4 |
Norman Seaton Ives (1923 – 1978)[1] was an American artist, graphic designer, educator, and fine art publisher.[3][2] He co-founded Ives-Sillman, Inc. alongside Sewell Sillman, which published silkscreen prints and photographs in monographic art portfolios.[4]
Biography
Norman Seaton Ives was born March 23, 1923 in the Panama Canal Zone, to parents Florence Nelson Ives and Capt. Norman Seaton Ives.[1][5] His father was a career naval officer for the United States.[5] He was married to Constance Taffinder, and they had four sons.[1]
Ives attended Wesleyan University (1950), and Yale University (1952).[1] He studied under Josef Albers.[3]
After graduation in 1952, Ives joined the faculty at Yale University School of Art.[3] By 1974, Ives was made a professor of graphic design at Yale.[1] He worked as a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art in London, University of Hawai'i, and Rhode Island School of Design.[1]
He also did work as a mural painter for movie theaters in Milford, Connecticut.[1]
Ives-Sillman, Inc. was founded in 1958 by Ives and his co-worker and fellow professor at Yale University, Sewell Sillman.[1][4] They first published, Josef Albers: Interaction of Color (1963).[6] Other artist published included Walker Evans, Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Ad Reinhardt, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.[7]
Death and legacy
Norman Seaton Ives died on February 2, 1979 of lung cancer in St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]
Ives work can be found in public art and museum collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Modern Art,[8] Yale University Art Gallery,[9] National Gallery of Art,[10] and others. Photographer Walker Evans took many photographs of Ives, these works (via the Walker Evans Archives) are now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[11] and the Yale University Art Gallery.[12]
References
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Further reading
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