biography of Herzl EMANUEL (1914-2002)

Birth place: Scranton, PA

Addresses: NYC (1936-62); Rome, Italy (1962-84); U.S. (1984-on)

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: Rochester, NY, Memorial Art Gal.; 1931-35 in Paris with Roert Ulerick, Charles Memorial Gal. Rochester, late 1920s; in Paris with Despiau, Lhote, Robert Wlerick, Fernand Leger and Ossip Zadkine, 1931

Exhibited: Am. Abstract Artists, 1937 (Head of the Prophet"); since 1962 two exhib. in Rome, one in NY and in Munich (retrospective); "NYC WPA Art" at Parsons School Design, 1977"

Member: Am. Abstract Artists (a founder)

Work: Commissions: large sculpture for Miami hospital, 1980s; MMA; Israel Mus.; Rose Mus., Brandeis Univ.; Mus., Univ. Southern Calif.; Mem. Art Mus., Rochester, NY.

Comments: Abstract sculptor of the 1930s. After studying in Paris to returned to the NYC in 1936. He worked for three years for the WPA/Federal Art Project but most of his sculptures were destroyed when the project ended. During the 1950s, he taught at the Sch. Visual Arts, NYC. From 1962-84 he lived in Rome, Italy, where he had a studio and foundry. In 1982, he was finally able to have several of his modernist plasters of the 1930s (Intimacy," "Duet," and "Masquerade") cast into bronze in limited editions of 8. Also made Futurist drawings.

Sources: Diamond, Thirty-Five American Modernists; New York City WPA Art, 28 (w/repros.); American Abstract Art, 182"