| George
Ortman (1926 - )
Birth place: Oakland, CA
Painter, sculptor
Studied: Ariz. State Univ.; Calif. Col. A. & Cr.; Atelier
17, NYC; Acad. Andre Lhote, Paris, France; Hans Hofmann Sch.,
NYC
Exhibited: Carnegie Int., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1960, 1964 &
1970; "Toward a New Abstraction," Jewish Mus., New
York, 1963; Tokyo Biennial, Japan, 1964; "100 Years of
American Art," 1964 & "Two Decades of Geometric
Abstraction," 1965, WMAA; Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer Galleries,
NYC, 1970s. Awards: Guggenheim fel., 1965; first prize for Religion
in Art, Birmingham Mus. Art, 1966; first prize, NJ State Mus.
Second Ann., 1967.
Work: MoMA & WMAA; Walker Art Ctr., Minneapolis, Minn.;
Albright-Knox Art Gal., Buffalo, NY; Milwaukee Art Ctr., Wis.
Commissions: relig. banners, Christian Theol. Sem. Indianapolis,
Ind., 1966; mural, comn. by Bd. Educ., NYC, 1967; Reredo, Unitarian
Church, Princeton, NJ, 1968; banners, Indiana Univ. Opera House,
1971; Oracle (three panels), Mfrs. Hanover Trust, 1971.
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