Wilfrid "Zog" Zogbaum (1915 – January 7, 1965) was an American painter, sculptor, and educator. He was also a commercial photographer in the late 1940s, [1] and started a sculpture studio in Montauk. [2]
Wilfrid Zogbaum was born in 1915 in Newport, Rhode Island. Zogbaum's father was Admiral Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., and his grandfather was painter Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum. [1]
He studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design for two summers. [3] Followed by study at Yale School of Fine Arts (now Yale School of Art), under John Sloan, and Hans Hoffman. [1] Giorgio Cavallon and George McNeil were the class aids in Hoffman's class. [3] He was a founding member of American Abstract Artists in 1937. [4] In 1937, Zogbaum was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to studied in Europe. [1] While in Europe he met Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo and László Moholy-Nagy, Fernand Léger and Wassily Kandinsky. [1]
He served as a photographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. [1] He was an associate professor at University of California, Berkeley (U.C. Berkeley) in 1957 and 1961–1962. [1]
Zogbaum's work has been exhibited in a number of galleries, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City, Manny Silverman Gallery in Los Angeles, and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York City. [5] [6] [7] His papers are held at the Archives of American Art. [8]
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Wilfrid "Zog" Zogbaum (1915 – January 7, 1965) was an American painter, sculptor, and educator. He was also a commercial photographer in the late 1940s, [1] and started a sculpture studio in Montauk. [2]
Wilfrid Zogbaum was born in 1915 in Newport, Rhode Island. Zogbaum's father was Admiral Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., and his grandfather was painter Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum. [1]
He studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design for two summers. [3] Followed by study at Yale School of Fine Arts (now Yale School of Art), under John Sloan, and Hans Hoffman. [1] Giorgio Cavallon and George McNeil were the class aids in Hoffman's class. [3] He was a founding member of American Abstract Artists in 1937. [4] In 1937, Zogbaum was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to studied in Europe. [1] While in Europe he met Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo and László Moholy-Nagy, Fernand Léger and Wassily Kandinsky. [1]
He served as a photographer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. [1] He was an associate professor at University of California, Berkeley (U.C. Berkeley) in 1957 and 1961–1962. [1]
Zogbaum's work has been exhibited in a number of galleries, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City, Manny Silverman Gallery in Los Angeles, and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York City. [5] [6] [7] His papers are held at the Archives of American Art. [8]
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