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Sidney Gordin was born on 24 October, 1918 in Chelyabinsk, Russian Republic, is a Russian-born American artist (1918–1996). Discover Sidney Gordin'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 78 years old?
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78 years old |
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24 October, 1918 |
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24 October |
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Chelyabinsk, Russian Republic |
Date of death |
1996 |
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Berkeley, California, U.S. |
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Russia
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Sidney Gordin Net Worth
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Sidney Alexander Gordin (1918–1996) was a Russian-born American artist and educator, known for his abstract paintings, prints, and sculptures.
Gordin was born on October 24, 1918, in Chelyabinsk, Russian Republic.
When he was born the Russian Empire had recently collapsed due to the Russian Revolution.
His family migrated to Shanghai, and later Harbin in Heilongjiang province, China.
In 1922, at the age of 4, his family moved to Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Gordin graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School.
He attended Brooklyn Museum Art School in 1935 to 1936; followed by study at Cooper Union in 1937 to 1941, where he graduated.
Gordin's first group exhibition was in 1951 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, named "American Sculpture 1951". That same year in 1951, Gordin's first solo show was held at Bennington College in Vermont.
In 1954, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosted the "Play Sculpture Competition", Gordin had participated and won third place with "Tunnel Maze" (1954).
His "Tunnel Maze" was judged as most successful for play, safety, and ease; and subsequently was manufactured by Creative Playthings.
He was a Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley, where he taught from 1958 to 1986.
Gordin was associated with abstract expressionism and constructivism.
In 1958, he moved to California.
Gordin moved to California in 1958 to start a teaching position at University of California, Berkeley, where he remained until 1986.
In 1959, he had his first solo exhibition in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Dilexi Gallery of San Francisco founded by Jim Newman.
In 1960, Gordin acquired an art studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, while still maintaining his home in California.
In the 1960s, "The Breakfast Group" was founded by Elmer Bischoff and Gordin.
The group was made up of Berkeley-based artists who met weekly to talk art over breakfast, the group held several group exhibitions.
He was a full professor from 1967 to 1986, and served as the department chair.
In 1992, he was awarded the Maggie Kuhn Award by Presbyterian Senior Services, for being a role model in aging.
He briefly taught in schools in New York state including at Brooklyn College, Pratt Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, and the New School for Social Research.
He died on January 28, 1996, at home in Berkeley.
His memorial service was held at Kroeber Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus.
His work can be found in public museum collections include at the Whiney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Lowe Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Farnsworth Art Museum, and Oakland Museum of California.