18 Facts About Beverly Pepper

Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art.

Beverly Pepper lived in Italy, primarily in Todi, since the 1950s.

Beverly Pepper's parents were Jewish immigrants, Beatrice and Irwin Stoll.

Beverly Pepper grew up with a father who was a furrier, and sold carpet and linoleum, and a mother who was a volunteer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Beverly Pepper then embarked on a career as a commercial art director.

Beverly Pepper visited the studios of Ossip Zadkine and Brancusi.

Beverly Pepper took a turn in sculpture after taking a trip in 1960 to Angkor Wat, Cambodia, where the temple ruins surviving beneath the jungle growth filled her with awe.

Beverly Pepper made her debut in 1962 with an exhibit of carved tree trunks at a gallery in Rome.

Beverly Pepper was, in fact, one of the first artists, if not the first, to incorporate Cor-Ten steel into sculpture.

Later in the 1980s and 1990s, Beverly Pepper made works such as Cromlech Glen, Palengenesis and Sol i Ombra,.

Beverly Pepper focused on the themes of genesis and continuity which centers Beverly Pepper's iconography.

Beverly Pepper created her studio in the "green heart" of a medieval hill town in Umbria, Italy.

Beverly Pepper was represented by Marlborough Gallery, as well as Kayne Griffin Corcoran, who presented the first major Los Angeles solo exhibition of her work in 2017.

Beverly Pepper died on February 5,2020, in her home in Todi at 97 years.

Beverly Pepper married Lawrence Gussin in 1941; they were divorced in 1948.

Beverly Pepper's works have been exhibited and collected by major museums and galleries throughout the world, including:.

Beverly Pepper along with Nancy Holt was a recipient of the International Sculpture Center's 2013 Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

Beverly Pepper was selected as a 1994 honoree for the 1994 Women's Caucus for Art Convention held in New York City.