biografia di Robert Paul SIVARD (1914-1990)
Birth place: New York, NY
Death place: Washington, DC
Addresses: Washington, DC
Profession: Painter, art administrator
Studied: Pratt Inst.; NAD; Académie Julian, Paris.
Exhibited: MoMA, Paris, 1954; Carnegie Invitational, 1957; Gallerie Charpentier, 1959; Philadelphia Mus., 1960; PAFA Ann., 1964; Dallas Mus., 1965; Midtown Gallery, NYC, 1970s. Awards: 11th Ann. Corcoran Mus. Award, 1957; Thomas B. Clarke Award for painting, NAD, 1958; Art Directors Club, 1958 (gold medal).
Member: Am. Inst. Graphic Arts.
Work: NJ State Mus. Art; Library Congress. Commissions: murals (with Frank Schwartz), Oregon State Capitol, 1939 & Treasure Island San Francisco, City of San Francisco, 1940; commemorative postage stamp, The American Woman, 1960.
Comments: Preferred media: casein. Positions: director visual & art services, U.S. Embassy. Paris, 1950-55; chief, Exhib. Div., U.S. Information Agency, 1958-65, agency art dir., 1966-. Collections arranged: U.S. Nat. Exhib. Moscow, 1959; Official U.S. Exhib., S„o Paulo Bienales, 1959, 1961, 1963 & 1965 & Venice Bienales, 1962 & 1964.
Sources: WW73; Sivard," Time (1955); Un American à Paris, Illu. (France, 1955);"Sivard, Shopping With" Horizon (1959); Falk, Exh. Record Series.