Sewell Sillman
Sewell Sillman | |
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Born | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
October 24, 1924
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Black Mountain College |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Sewell Sillman (1924 – 1992) was an American painter, educator, and print publisher. He co-founded Ives-Sillman, Inc. alongside partner Norman Seaton Ives, which published silkscreen prints and photographs in monographic art portfolios.[1]
Biography
Sewell Sillman was born in October 24, 1924 in Savannah, Georgia.[2] He attended Black Mountain College, studying under Josef Albers.[3][2] Sillman transferred to Yale University (alongside a move to Yale by Albers), he graduated with a BFA degree in 1951, and a MFA degree in 1953.[2]
Sillman joined the faculty at Yale University, working from 1953 to 1966.[2] Additionally he taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) from 1963 to 1965; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) from 1966 to 1985; and was a professor of art at University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1990.[2] He had many notable students including Bruce Helander,[4] Newton Harrison, Howardena Pindell,[5] as well as others. Sillman's lessons often focused on color theory.
Ives-Sillman, Inc. was founded in 1958 by Sillman and his co-worker and fellow professor at Yale University, Norman Seaton Ives.[1][6] They first published, Josef Albers: Interaction of Color (1963).[7] Other artist published included Walker Evans, Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Ad Reinhardt, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.[2]
He died of cancer in April 5, 1992 at his home in Lyme, Connecticut.[2][8]
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- 1924 births
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- Rhode Island School of Design faculty
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
- 20th-century American printmakers
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