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Birth
1935 (Chicago, Illinois)
Death
Lived/Active
Illinois
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sculpture-found objects, graphics
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Sculptor Richard Howard Hunt was born on September 12, 1935 in Chicago
and raised there. Most of his work is abstract, suggesting
recognizable human and natural forms. Hunt describes his work as,
"the reconciliation of the organic and the industrial."
Hunt
began in his teens, modeling in clay and carving in his bedroom at
home. He later created a studio in the basement of his father's
barbershop. Intrigued by metalwork at the African collection of
Chicago's Field (showing 500 of 3644 characters). |
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