About Norman Ives
Lived 1923 – 1978 (aged 54). Norman Ives was an American painter, collagist, printmaker, designer, publisher and artist.
Biography Norman Seaton Ives was born March 23, 1923, in the Panama Canal Zone, to parents Florence Nelson Ives and Capt. Norman Seaton Ives. His father was a career naval officer for the United States. Other artist published included Walker Evans, Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Ad Reinhardt, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.
Death and legacy Norman Seaton Ives died on February 2, 1979, of lung cancer in St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Art, and others. Photographer Walker Evans took many photographs of Ives, these works (via the Walker Evans Archives) are now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Who was Norman Ives?
American painter, collagist, and printmaker (1923–1978)
When was Norman Ives born?
Norman Ives was born on 23 March 1923 in Colón City.
When did Norman Ives die?
Norman Ives died on 2 February 1978 in New Haven.
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Norman Ives was a painter, collagist, printmaker, designer, publisher and artist.
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Norman Ives was American.
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