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Claire
Falkenstein
Model for Fountain, 1966
Copper tube and Venetian Glass, 6 1/2" x 8 1/2' x " x 17" framed
Claire
Falkenstein
Uplifting, 1966
Copper tube and Venetian Glass, 41/4" x 7" x 16"
Claire
Falkenstein
Untitled, 1960's
Mezzotinto, 38" x 27" |
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Born in Coos Bay (North Bend), Oregon, Claire Falkenstein went to college at the University of California, Berkeley, studying in Art, Anthropology and Philosophy. Falkenstein tudied with
Alexander Archipenko and collaborated with architects, engineers and
craftsmen.
Falkenstein worked in San Francisco until 1950. She exhibited throughout America and
several times in Paris during the decade from 1940 to 1950. In 1950 moved
to Paris as a center for work, exhibited in both solo and group shows
throughout Europe and occasionally in America and japan. Her present studio
location is Venice, California.
Appointments
The Anna Head School, Berkeley, Cal
University of California Berkeley Extension Division
Mills College, Oakland, California
California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute)
Visiting Artist 1983 Pilchuck School of Glass Blowing
1983 Taught sculpture Idyllwild
Serving on the cultural grant advisory panel- Cultural Affairs Commission
and Dept. for Arts Organizations to Mayor & City Council, 1984 of L.A.
San Francisco Museum of Art
UCLA Extension Division
Utah State University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State University Davis
Awards
Grant to study with Alexander Archipenko, Mills College Oakland Calif.
1934
International Sculpture symposium, State University Long Beach, Calif.
1965}
Total Design Award by NSID in 1969
Women of the Year for Art by the Los Angeles Times 1969
Alumni Friends of Arts and Humanities Extension Division UCLA cited for
Teaching Excellence 1972
Fellowship Grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1978-1979
Women Artist Honored by the National Women's Caucus for Art, San Francisco
Conference 1981
Permanent Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Harvard University Art Museums, Boston, MA
USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angelos, CA
Los Angelos County Museum of Art, Los Angelos, CA
The Tate Gallery, London, England
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