biography of José DE RIVERA (1904-1985)

Birth place: West Baton Rouge, LA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: John W. Norton, Chicago; Spain, Italy, France, Greece & Egypt.

Exhibited: WFNY 1939; Harvard, 1945; Yale, 1946; BM, 1938; Willard Gal., 1941; Buchholz Gal., 1942; Mortimer Levitt Gal., 1946; MoMA, 1938-40, 1942; AIC; Grace Borgenicht Gal., 1952-72; PAFA, 1958, 1962; White House, Wash., DC, 1966; Sculpture of the 60s, LACMA & PMA, 1967; WMAA, 1934-68, 1972 (retrospective); Retrospective 1972, La Jolla (CA) Mus. Contemp. Art, 1972 (retrospective). Awards: Watson F. Blair Prize, AIC, 1930-31, 1957; NIAL grant, 1959; creative awards medal, Brandeis Univ., 1969

Member: Sculptors Gld.

Work: monument, El Paso, TX; Newark Airport; MoMA; AIC; SFMA; Smithsonian Inst.; Tate Gal., London, England. Commissions: "Steel Century Two" (sculpture), Am. Iron & Steel Inst., 1965.

Comments: Preferred media: stainless steel, bronze. Teaching: Brooklyn College, 1953; Yale Univ., 1953- 55; Sch. Design NC State College, 1957-60.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.