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David von Schlegell was born on 25 May, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., is an American sculptor. Discover David von Schlegell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 25 May, 1920
Birthday 25 May
Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 5 October, 1992
Died Place New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Mary W. Keep, Susan Howe

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1920

David Von Schlegell (May 25, 1920 – October 5, 1992) was an American abstract artist, sculptor and educator.

David von Schlegell was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920, the son of American impressionist artist William von Schlegell and painter Alice "Bae" Anderson.

1940

At the University of Michigan in the early 1940s, his concentration was on naval and aviation engineering.

1943

During WWII, he served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1944, becoming a first lieutenant.

He was wounded on a mission over the Mediterranean, but managed to fly his badly damaged B-17 bomber and its crew to safety.

For his bravery he was awarded a Purple Heart.

After the war, he joined the Art Students League of New York where his father taught, and continued to study painting with him in the artist's community of Ogunquit, Maine.

1950

He showed his paintings regionally in the 1950s.

1953

In 1953 von Schlegell married Mary W. Keep in Ogunquit, Maine.

They had four children, Lisa, Julia, Rosemary, and Anthony.

1960

In the early 1960s David von Schlegell built his own home and studio in Cape Neddick, Maine.

During that time, he turned to making sculpture, soon establishing himself as an eminent sculptor showing in Boston.

He moved from wood to large scale works of polished steel and aluminum developing  streamlined abstract forms and planes, often held in place by rigging wire, drawing from Constructivism and his lifelong interest in naval and airplane design.

His indoor work was featured at many important exhibitions of the 1960s, and by the 70s he was a prominent public sculptor.

His large scale works can be found in cities across America, including Untitled (L's) on IUPUI's campus.

In addition to sculpting, Von Schlegell also made paintings and drawings.

After dedicating his Untitled (L's), he also had an exhibition in IUPUI's Lecture Hall and at the Herron School of Art displaying his photographs and drawings from the project.

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1965

He had his first one-man show of sculpture in New York City at the Royal Marks Gallery in 1965.

He relocated to New York city the following year.

1966

In 1966, his work was presented in Kynaston McShine’s survey of 1960’s sculpture, "Primary Structures" at the Jewish Museum, an exhibition that helped establish Minimalism.

This was followed by the Whitney Biennial, where his Radio Controlled Sculpture was exhibited.

In 1966, he and Keep separated and he moved to New York City.

1967

In 1967, von Schlegell and poet Susan Howe had a child, writer Mark von Schlegell; they married in 1986.

His step-daughter is R. H. Quaytman.

Inspired by his wartime experience as an aircraft engineer, he worked mostly with aluminum, steel, and wood.

1968

He showed with Reese Palley Gallery in New York, and then with the "Park Place Group" of sculptors including Mark di Suvero, Ronald Bladen, and Robert Grosvenor in 1968.

His work was included in the Carnegie International and in other large scale exhibitions.

1969

von Schlegell began to design and build his first large-scale outdoor sculpture for the Storm King Art Center in 1969–1970.

1970

He joined the roster of New York's Pace Gallery in the 1970s, showing handmade wood sculpture in New York through the 1970s and 80s.

1971

In 1971 von Schlegell was appointed head of the Yale School of Art, Sculpture Department which he ran for two decades.

His students of note include Don Gummer, Roni Horn, Jessica Stockholder, Ann Hamilton, Matthew Barney, Sean Landers, and Katsuhisa Sakai.

1972

Other large scale public sculpture followed: Untitled Landscape 1972 in I. M. Pei 's India Wharf Project in Boston.

1990

In the early 1990s, facing cancer, he returned to painting, creating a final series of monochromes.

1992

He died on October 5, 1992, in New Haven, Connecticut, at the age of 72.

2012

In 2012 the David von Schlegell retrospective at the China Art Objects Gallery in Los Angeles, included Five Birds from 1988.

The retrospective was curated by Mark von Schlegell, R.H.Quaytman, and Susan Howe.