John Kearney (artist)

For other people with the same name, see John Kearney (disambiguation).

John Kearney (August 31, 1924 – August 10, 2014[1]) was a Chicago- and Provincetown-based American artist famous for making figurative sculptures, often of animals, using multiple, found metal objects, specifically bumpers from automobiles.

Life

Moose, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kearney received his artistic education at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. In 1950, he co-founded the Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago. Subsequently, he has lived and worked in Italy many times, most notably in Rome in 1963 and 1964 while on a Fulbright Award and again in 1985 and 1992 while serving as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome.

Kearney learned his welding skills as a World War II U.S. Navy sailor while performing underwater repair of naval vessels.[2]

Awards

Collections that own Kearney's work

Solo exhibitions

Outdoor sculpture

In Chicago area

Elsewhere

References

  1. "John Kearney Obituary". http://www.cremation-society.com/. Cremation Society of Illinois. Retrieved 7 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. Descriptive plaque on Moose (W-02-03)
  3. http://175anniversary.mccormick.edu/history/ware/chapter04/

External links

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