Norman Seaton Ives | |
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![]() Norman Ives and Josef Albers (1972) at Sirocco Screenprints Inc. in
New Haven | |
Born | |
Died | February 2, 1978 | (aged 54)
Alma mater |
Wesleyan University, Yale University |
Movement | Mid-Modernist [2] |
Spouse | 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]
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]
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]
Norman Seaton Ives | |
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![]() Norman Ives and Josef Albers (1972) at Sirocco Screenprints Inc. in
New Haven | |
Born | |
Died | February 2, 1978 | (aged 54)
Alma mater |
Wesleyan University, Yale University |
Movement | Mid-Modernist [2] |
Spouse | 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]
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]
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]