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Herbert Ferber

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Herbert Ferber (1906 - 1991) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts.  Herbert Ferber is known for Contemporary open form abstract sculpture.

Sculptor Herbert Ferber was born in New York City in 1906 with the name of Herbert Ferber Silvers.  His love of literature sparked his artistic talents, beginning with an interest in the history of art, which inspired him to go to museums in New York City as much as he could in the late 20s.

From college he went on to dental school, and it was there when he had to make anatomical drawings that he discovered he had a talent for naturalistic drawing. Ferber was encouraged by a teacher in dentistry, who was a collector of work by Abraham Walkowitz, to carry on with art as an "extra-dental interest."

After a year of dental school, he began to attend the Beaux Art Institute of Design, which was distantly affiliated with the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris.  Ferber attended at night from 1927 to 1930, working first from plaster casts and then from the model, while going to art galleries.  During those years, he also traveled in Europe, where he was i   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4420 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Herbert Ferber


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Direct Carver, Hand Carving
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
  • Welding
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Environment
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Israel
Art School
  • Columbia University Art Department, Student
  • National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
  • Yale University School of Fine Art, and Architecture, Teacher
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Storm King Art Center Sculpture Installation, New York
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Knoedler Gallery, New York City
  • Kootz Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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