Sewell Sillman
{{Short description|American painter, educator, and print publisher}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sewell Sillman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|10|24}}
| birth_place = Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|04|05|1924|10|24}}
| death_place = Lyme, Connecticut, U.S.
| education = Black Mountain College
| alma_mater = Yale University
}}
Sewell Sillman (1924 – 1992) was an American painter, educator, and print publisher. He co-founded Ives-Sillman, Inc. alongside partner Norman Seaton Ives, which published silkscreen prints and photographs in monographic art portfolios.{{Cite journal|last=Castleman|first=Riva|date=2004|title=Floriano Vecchi and the Tiber Press|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41826133|journal=Print Quarterly|volume=21|issue=2|pages=127–145|jstor=41826133 |issn=0265-8305}}
Biography
Sewell Sillman was born in October 24, 1924 in Savannah, Georgia.{{Cite news|date=1992-04-08|title=Sewell Sillman, 67, Artist and Publisher, Is Dead|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/08/arts/sewell-sillman-67-artist-and-publisher-is-dead.html|access-date=2021-06-01|issn=0362-4331}} He attended Black Mountain College, studying under Josef Albers.{{Cite journal|last=Ellert|first=JoAnn C.|date=1972|title=The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27796320|journal=The Journal of General Education|volume=24|issue=3|pages=144–152|jstor=27796320 |issn=0021-3667}} Sillman transferred to Yale University (alongside a move to Yale by Albers), he graduated with a BFA degree in 1951, and a MFA degree in 1953.
Sillman joined the faculty at Yale University, working from 1953 to 1966. Additionally he taught at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) from 1963 to 1965; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) from 1966 to 1985; and was a professor of art at University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1990. Sillman was also teaching at Parsons School of Design.{{Cite web|title= Sewell Sillman, bio 6_29_12 - Peyton Wright Gallery | url=https://peytonwright.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sewell-Sillman-bio-6_29_12.pdf}} Sillman had many notable students including Bruce Helander,{{Cite book|last1=Mahoney|first1=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XflPAAAAMAAJ|title=Bruce Helander: Curious Collage|last2=Helander|first2=Bruce|date=1994|publisher=Grassfield Press|isbn=978-0-9628514-6-9|pages=10|language=en}} Newton Harrison, Howardena Pindell,{{Cite web|title=Oral history interview with Howardena Pindell, 2012 Dec. 1-4|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-howardena-pindell-16112|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en}} as well as others. Sillman's lessons often focused on color theory.
Ives-Sillman, Inc. was founded in 1958 by Sillman and his co-worker and fellow professor at Yale University, Norman Seaton Ives.{{Cite news|date=1978-02-04|title=Norman Ives, 54; Graphic Designer And Yale Teacher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/04/archives/norman-ives-54-graphic-designer-and-yale-teacher-painted-murals.html|access-date=2021-06-02|issn=0362-4331}} They first published, Josef Albers: Interaction of Color (1963).{{Cite web|title=From Our Instagram: Sewell Sillman|url=https://printer.yale.edu/blog/our-instagram-sewell-sillman|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Office of the University Printer, Yale}} Other artist published included Walker Evans, Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Ad Reinhardt, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.
He died of cancer in April 5, 1992 at his home in Lyme, Connecticut.{{Cite web|date=8 April 1992|title=Stillman|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/241921855/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Hartford Courant|page=94|language=en}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book|last1=Burdan|first1=Amanda C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5aBIAQAAIAAJ|title=Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits|last2=Harris|first2=Mary Emma|publisher=Florence Griswold Museum|others=Asheville Art Museum, Florence Griswold Museum|year=2010|isbn=978-0-6153-3716-6|type=exhibition}}
External links
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