Mary Callery | |
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 Callery in 1952 | |
| Born | June 19, 1903 New York City, USA |
| Died | February 12, 1977 (aged 73) Paris, France |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism; American Figurative Expressionism |
Mary Callery (June 19, 1903 – February 12, 1977) was an American artist known for her Modern and Abstract Expressionist sculpture. She was part of the New York School art movement of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
It is said she "wove linear figures of acrobats and dancers, as slim as spaghetti and as flexible as India rubber, into openwork bronze and steel forms. A friend of Picasso, she was one of those who brought the good word of French modernism to America at the start of World War II".[1]
- ^ Charlotte Steifer Rubinstein, "American Women Sculptors, A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions" page: 329