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Richard Hunt
"In some works it is my intention to develop the kind of forms Nature might create if only heat and steel were available to her." — Richard Hunt quoted in Exhibition flier, Richard Hunt, (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, 1966).
For more than three decades Richard Hunt's status as the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture has remained unchallenged. Executed in welded and cast steel, aluminum, copper, and bronze, Hunt's abstract creations make frequent references to plant, human, and animal forms. Hunt prefers to be called a "Midwestern sculptor," and is one of the few well known African-American sculptors who still resides and works in his hometown.
Hunt was born on September 12, 1935, the younger of two children of Howard and Inez Henderson Hunt, a barber and a librarian respectively who lived on Chicago's predominantly black South Side. Both of Hunt's parents provided invaluable influences during his childhood. He acquired an early interest in politics from conversations he overheard while wor
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RICHARD HUNT
A descendant of slaves brought to this country through the port of Savannah, Georgia, Hunt grew up on the South Side of Chicago, first in Woodlawn and then Englewood. His father was a barber and his mother was a prominent Black female librarian. During his youth, he was immersed in Chicago's cultural and artistic heritage through art lessons at the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) and the Junior School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Regular visits to Chicago’s major public museums trained his eye and captured his interest in African art. Hunt would go on to develop an extensive collection of African Art, which served as an inspiration for his own work.
Hunt attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on a scholarship. While a student in 1955, Hunt taught himself how to weld. Only two years later, he gained national recognition when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York acquired his sculpture, Arachne.
When Hunt was nineteen years old, he witnessed the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till in Chicago. Till, who w
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Richard Hunt (sculptor)
American artist and sculptor (1935–2023)
For the Canadian First Nations artist, see Richard Hunt (artist).
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| Born | Richard Howard Hunt (1935-09-12)September 12, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 88) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Englewood High School |
| Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Years active | 1953–2023 |
| Known for | Sculpture, drawing, printmaking |
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