b. 1884, Guadalajara, Spain — d. 1982, New York
José
de Creeft
A pioneer of direct carving who turned from clay and plaster to cut form straight from stone, wood, and beaten lead — and from scrap metal, too.
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b. 1925, Riverdale, New York — d. 2021, New York
Lorrie
Goulet
A carver of stone and wood across seven decades, whose figures — most often women — were made not to represent the body, but to be it.
View biographySelected Works — José de Creeft
Selected Works — Lorrie Goulet
José and Lorrie met at Black Mountain College in the summer of 1944.
They were a partnership — yet each held a long and distinguished career of their own, and worked side by side until 1982.
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