ABBOTT PATTISON, 1916-1999
SCULPTURE & PAINTING
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Graduate of Yale College, 1937 B.A.
Yale School of Fine Arts, 1939 B.F.A.
Lived and worked in China and Japan, 1940
US Navy, 1942-45, Served as Captain of Destroyer Escort and P.C. Sub-Chaser
Instructor Art Institute School, 1946-52
Worked in France, 1950-51
Visiting Sculptor, University of Georgia, 1953
Sculptor in Residence, Univ. of Georgia, 1954
Teacher of Sculpture, Skowhegan Summer Art School, 1955-56
Worked in Florence, Italy 1955-56 and frequently thereafter
EXHIBITIONS:
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Art Institute of Chicago Metropolitan Museum Whitney Museum Pennsylvania Academy Oakland Museum University of Notre Dame Birmingham Museum San Francisco Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago |
Wellfleet Art Gallery Georgia State Museum University of Miami University of Pittsburgh Bates College Cincinnati Museum Eight one-man shows in New York City (formerly represented by Downtown Gallery and Edith Halpern Gallery) |
PRIZES:
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1939. First Traveling Fellowship, Yale University 1942. Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago 1946. Eisendrath Prize, Art Institute of Chicago 1950. Pauline Palmer Prize (sculpture), Art Institute of Chicago 1951. $1,500.00 Award in first Contemporary American Sculpture Show, Metropolitan Museum |
1952. First Prize for Sculpture, Art Center, Chicago 1963. Prize International Sculpture Show, Bundy Museum, Vermont 1968 Clussman Prize: Art Institute of Chicago And others |
COLLECTIONS:
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Johnson Wax Company Neuberger Collection Leigh Block Collection Ravinia Park, Highland Park, Illinois Meninger Foundation Hirschorn Collection |
Nathan Cummings Collection U.S. State Department (four sculptures) |
PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
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Whitney Museum Art Institute of Chicago Israeli State Museum Chrysler Museum Portland Museum, Maine Portland Museum, Oregon Corcoran Museum San Francisco Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor Addison Gallery, American Art St. Louis Museum Neuberger Museum Phoenix Museum |
St. Paul Art Center Evansville Museum, Indiana Davenport Museum Davenport Museum of Fine Arts Palm Springs Desert Museum Wichita Museum Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan Farnsworth Museum Georgia Museum Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, England Norfolk Museum |
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS:
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Holyoke College Wells College Stanford University St. John’s University Colby College Bates College Thomas College, Maine Connecticut College |
University of Chicago University of Minnesota Syracuse University University of Georgia Northwestern University University of Maine University of Notre Dame Brandeis University |
COMMISSIONED SCULPTURE:
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The Mayo Clinic, Rochester Central National Bank of Cleveland Stanford University Medical Center St. Thomas Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota |
Palm Springs Spa Hotel Steel Service Center Institute And others |
COMMISSIONED WORKS IN THE CHICAGO AREA:
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Swift and Company 3550 Lake Shore Drive 4100 Marine Drive Glenview Library Francis W. Parker School University of Chicago St. Mary’s Church, Lake Forest Joseph Block Junior High School Culligan International Oak Lawn Public Library St. John’s Church, Western Springs |
Outer Drive East 3430 Lake Shore Drive Chicago Public Library Northbrook Library New Trier West High School Winnetka Congregational Church Anshe Emet Synagogue Griffith Laboratories City of Chicago So. District Filtration Plant Fourth Presbyterian Church |
RECENT COMMISSIONS:
| January 1976 | Life-size bronze figure, Illinois State Capitol Building, Springfield, Illinois | |
| November 1976 | 8-1/2 foot welded bronze figure, Lincoln Library, Springfield, Illinois | |
| September 1977 | 18-foot bronze fountain, Oak Brook, Illinois: commissioned by Rubloff & Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Lee Miglin | |
| September 1978 | Large bronze group for the City of Chicago and Chicago State University: commissioned by Ferguson Fund | |
| And others. |
Abbott Pattison was represented by Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, 101 E. Ontario, Chicago; the Alwin Gallery, London and the Downtown Gallery, New York City