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Frederick Hammersley

American, (1919–2009)


While serving as an Army sergeant in World War II from 1942-45, Hammersley was stationed in Paris; after he was discharged in 1945, he took the opportunity to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. He also visited the studios of Picasso, Brancusi, and Cezanne. During this time, he began experimenting with abstract imagery. By the late 1940s, he had systematically reduced traditional imagery into simple, flat, colored, and patterned shapes. Upon his return to Southern California, he began teaching throughout the region, including at Pomona College in Claremont from 1953-62. While teaching there, Hammersley became acquainted with Karl Benjamin, a student at Claremont Graduate School, as well as John McLaughlin and Lorser Feitelson. In 1959, curator Jules Langsner selected Hammersley to be one of the artists in the Four Abstract Classicists exhibition.



Mientras servía como sargento del Ejército en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, entre 1942 y 1945, Hammersley fue destinado a París; después de ser dado de baja en 1945, aprovechó la oportunidad para estudiar en la École des Beaux-Arts. También visitó los estudios de Picasso, Brancusi y Cezanne. Durante este tiempo, empezó a experimentar con la imaginería abstracta. A finales de la década de 1940, había reducido sistemáticamente la imaginería tradicional a formas simples, planas, coloreadas y estampadas. A su regreso al sur de California, comenzó a dar clases por toda la región, incluso en el Pomona College de Claremont entre 1953 y 1962. Mientras enseñaba allí, Hammersley conoció a Karl Benjamin, estudiante de la Claremont Graduate School, así como a John McLaughlin y Lorser Feitelson. En 1959, el curador Jules Langsner seleccionó a Hammersley como uno de los artistas de la exposición Four Abstract Classicists.



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