Biografie von Fletcher BENTON (1931-2019)

Birth place: Jackson, OH

Addresses: San Fran., CA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Miami Univ., BFA.

Exhibited: Univ. Ill., 1967 & 1969; HemisFair '1968, San Antonio, Tex.; WMAA Sculpture Ann., 1968; Lytton Art Ctr., Los Angeles, 1968; Electric Art, Univ. Calif., Los Angeles, 1969; Bobino Gallery, NYC, 1970s; Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1970s

Work: Univ. Calif.; IBM Corp.; Interchem. Corp.; New York Bank for Saving; Ridgefield/Aldrich. Commissions: sculpture, Atlantic Richfield Co.

Comments: Teaching: instr., Calif. Col. Arts & Crafts, 1959; instr., San Francisco Art Inst., 1964-1968; instr., San Jose State Col., 1968-1969.

Sources: WW73; Peter Selz, article In: Directions in kinetic sculpture (Univ Calif, Berkeley, 1966); George Rickey, article, In: Constructivism: origins and evolution (Braziller, 1967); Tracy Atkinson, article, In: Directions I: options 1968 (Milwaukee Art Ctr, 1968).