John Heliker: Drawing the New Deal
978-1-936205-32-5 Cloth
9 x 12 x 0 in
96 pp. 78 illustrations. 2 b&w photos
Pub Date: 09/01/2012
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Heliker earned the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim fellowship, and three Ford Foundation purchase prizes, among other honors, including a full scale retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1968). He was connected with the abstract expressionist Philip Guston, who became a life-long friend. Heliker taught at Columbia University (1947-74) and later at the Art Students League of New York (1975-78). He co-founded the New York Studio School in 1965 (with fellow artists Philip Guston, Leland Bell and Mercedes Matter).
Heliker was also associated with the composers: Carl Ruggles, John Cage, and Lou Harrison.
He also created mask design for the dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham.
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Published by Stephen F. Austin University Press