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John W. Rhoden
Born(1918-03-13)March 13, 1918
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2001(2001-01-04) (aged 82)
Queens, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationTalladega College, Columbia University, American Academy in Rome
Known forSculpture

John W. Rhoden (March 13, 1918 - January 4, 2001) was an American sculptor from Birmingham, Alabama.[1] Rhoden moved to New York in 1938, where he began studying with Richmond Barthé.[2] Rhoden worked in wood and bronze, and created a number of commissioned works including "Untitled (Family)" at Harlem Hospital Center;[3] "Mitochondria" at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan; "Curved Wall" at the African American Museum in Philadelphia; "Zodiacal Structure" at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia and a sculpture of Frederick Douglass at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania).[1]

Life

Rhoden served in World War II, studied at the School of Painting and Sculpture at Columbia University, and was named a Fulbright Fellow in 1951.[1] He won a Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome in 1952. In 1956, he was a member of an artists delegation that visited the Soviet Union, Poland and Yugoslavia under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.[4] His works have been displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[1] At Columbia University he studied under William Zorach, Oronzio Maldarelli and Hugo Robus.[5]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "John Rhoden, 82, Sculptor of Public Art" at nytimes.com. (Accessed May 8, 2010.)
  2. ^ Exhibition Catalogue: John Rhoden: Sculpture. Gallery 62, New York, NY 1982. Evans-Tibbs Collection, Artist file: Rhoden, John. National Gallery of Art Library, Washington D.C.
  3. ^ Rose, Derek. "Crafting a Big Tribute: Sculptor John Rhoden recalled as art genius" New York Daily News (February 23, 2001)
  4. ^ Exhibition Catalogue: Sculptures of John W. Rhoden. Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971. Evans-Tibbs Collection, Artist file: Rhoden, John. National Gallery of Art Library, Washington D.C.
  5. ^ "CRAFTING A BIG TRIBUTE, Sculptor John Rhoden recalled as art genius" Archived 2011-01-09 at the Wayback Machine at nydailynews.com. (Accessed May 9, 2010.)

Further reading

  • Appelhof, Ruth Ann. Sculpture by John Rhoden. Birmingham Museum of Art, 1984. ISBN B00071Z3B8
  • "Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled At Lincoln Univ." "Jet Magazine", November 20, 1989.


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