Harold Paris

Harold Persico Paris (1925-1979) was an American printmaker, sculptor and educator.

Harold Paris
Harold Paris, 1977 by Mimi Jacobs
Born	(1925-08-16)August 16, 1925 Long Island, New York
Died	July 1, 1979(1979-07-01) (aged 53) El Cerrito, California
Nationality	American
Education	Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Atelier 17
Known for	Printmaking, Sculpture
Movement	Abstract Expressionism
Spouse(s)	Deborah Little Paris[1]

Biography

Paris was born on August 16, 1925 in Long Island, New York. In World War II he served as a correspondent for the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes and during that time he witnessed the death camps at Buchenwald concentration camp which had a profound effect on him and his art.[2]

Paris studied printmaking at Atelier 17 in New York City and sculptural casting at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.[3] In 1953 and 1954 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[4] He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a Tiffany Foundation grant.[3]

In the early 1960s Paris settled in California.[2] In 1963 he became a professor at University of California, Berkeley. He taught printmaking and sculpture[5] and co-founded the bronze foundry there.[2] Paris was also an involved with the Peter Voulkos' pot palace ceramic studio.[6]

Paris exhibited extensively while in California. In 1972 a major exhibition of his work The California Years was held at the University Art Museum in Berkeley.[5]

Paris died in El Cerrito, California on July 1, 1979.[2]

Paris' work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the Museum of Modern Art,[8]the National Gallery of Art, [9] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[10] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[11] His papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[1]

References

1. "Harold Paris papers, 1946-1982". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
2. "Harold Persico Paris Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "Harold Paris". AskArt. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
4. "Harold Paris". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
5. "University of California: In Memoriam, 1980". Calisphere. The University of California. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
6. "Hal Fischer on Harold Paris". Artforum. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
7. "Harold Paris". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
8. "Harold Paris". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
9. "Harold Persico Paris". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
10. "Harold Paris, Patois II, 1963". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
11. "Harold Paris". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

External links

• images of Paris' work on MutualArt
• images of Paris' work on Invaluable