biografia di Rudy O. POZZATTI (1925-2021)

Birth place: Telluride, CO

Addresses: Lincoln, NE; Bloomington, IN

Profession: Printmaker, painter, sculptor

Studied: Univ. Colo. (B.F.A. & M.F.A., 1950), with Max Beckmann & Ben Shahn; also with Wendell H. Black

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1951, 1954, 1962; Work of Rudy Pozzatti, Cleveland Mus. Art, 1955; Young Americans, WMAA, 1961; Stampe di Due Mondi: Prints of Two Worlds, Tyler Sch. Art, Rome, Italy, 1967; 20 Year Retrospective, Sheldon Mem. A. Gal., Univ. Nebr., 1969; Artists Abroad, Inst. Int. Educ., Am. Fedn. Arts, New York, 1969; Joan Peterson Gal., Boston, MA, 1970s Awards: Assoc. Am. Artists Prize, 100 Prints of the Year Exhib., 1962; Guggenheim fel., 1963-64; George Norlin Silver Medal, Assoc. Alumni of Univ. Colo., 1972

Member: Soc. Am. Graphic Artists; Boston Printmakers; Print Coun. Am. (adv. bd.)

Work: MoMA; LOC; AIC; Sheldon Mem. Art Gal., Lincoln, Nebr.; CMA. Commissions: (Spec. Print Editions) Cleveland Print Cl., CMA, 1954; Int. Graphic Arts Soc., New York, 1958-61 & 1963; Conrad Hilton Hotel, NYC, 1961; Clairol, Inc., for WFNY, 1963; Ferdinand Roten Gals., Baltimore, Md, 1967-68.

Comments: First traveled to Italy in 1952 and has since then often chosen Italian-related subjects (such as ancient and modern Roman scenes, and religious themes common to Renaissance art). Has worked in all print media, but made his first lithographs in 1963 at the Tamarind Workshop, Los Angeles. Teaching: asst. prof. printmaking & painting, Univ. Nebr., 1950-56; prof. printmaking, Indiana Univ., 1956-72, distinguished prof., 1972-.

Sources: WW73; Norman Geske, Rudy Pozzatti: American Printmaker (Univ. Kans. Press, 1971); Baigell, Dictionary; Richard Taylor, Pozzatti" (film), Artists in America, NETV, 1971; Nancy Carroll, A Visit with Rudy Pozzatti (North Shore Art League, 1972); Falk, Exh. Record Series. "

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