Bernard Childs, artist and art
Born Sept 1 1910, Birth Brooklyn New York, USA.
Died 1985
Style and technique, exhibitions: Printmakers, Documenta Kassel,Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
Arrival’, 1955, colour engraving and drypoint
Frumente’
Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian immigrant parents, Bernard Childs grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1930, after two years at the University of Pennsylvania, he went to New York to pursue his art career. Studying by night at the Art Students League with Kimon Nicolaides, Childs met the Danish silversmith Per Smed. Childs remarked: "From this great craftsman I learned the beauty of metals, the feel of them in my hands, the excitement of fashioning them and the use of the special tools that bring them to life."…
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