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Jun 9, 2000 · Using orthopedic bandages dipped in plaster, New York sculptor George Segal constructed some of the most haunting and memorable figurative art of the 20 th century. Life-sized models based on his body and those of friends, family, and neighbors are seated at lunch counters, poised on street corners, or waiting in train stations.
- American
- November 26, 1924
- New York, New York
- June 9, 2000
George Segal (November 26, 1924 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter and sculptor associated with the pop art movement. He was presented with the United States National Medal of Arts in 1999. [1]
Jun 5, 2024 · George Segal (born November 26, 1924, New York, New York, U.S.—died June 9, 2000, South Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American sculptor of monochromatic cast plaster figures often situated in environments of mundane furnishings and objects.
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Apr 29, 2024 · Standing tall at a street corner, sitting pensively on a park bench, or strutting earnestly through a train station, the 20th-century artist’s bronze and plaster sculptures hold a profoundly familiar presence within the spaces that they occupy.
In 1958 I had a combined sculpture and painting show. I had a history of painting life-size figures. I simply made three life-size figures out of wire, plaster and burlap, one sitting, one standing and one lying.
- Henry Geldzahler
In 1958 Segal began to experiment in sculpture and had a one-man show at the Green Gallery in 1960, featuring several plaster figures. In 1961, while teaching an adult education class in New Brunswick, a student brought to George’s class a box of dry plaster bandages.
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George Segal (November 26, 1924 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter and sculptor associated with the Pop Art movement. He was presented with the United States National Medal of Arts in 1999.
