Cleo Hartwig was an American sculptor who worked in stone, wood, terra cotta, plaster, paper, woodcut, and ceramic.
20 Facts About Cleo Hartwig
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Cleo Hartwig won a number of awards, including national awards, and her work is exhibited across the northeast US Cleo Hartwig is regarded as a member of The New York School.
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Cleo Hartwig was born in Webberville, Michigan, on October 20,1907.
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Cleo Hartwig interrupted her studies to teach art at Holland Junior High School, and take summer art classes at Chicago Art Institute.
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Cleo Hartwig then taught at the Ecole Francaise in New York, and exhibited for the first time in New York at The National Academy of Design.
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Cleo Hartwig took up residence at Patchin Place, the historic Greenwich Village cul-de-sac, home to many famous artists of the early 20th century.
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Cleo Hartwig joined the faculty of the Lenox School, and exhibited her work in group shows at the Clay Club, National Academy of Design, Syracuse University, and Mt.
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Cleo Hartwig was an early member of the National Association of Women Artists, and the New York Society of Women Artists.
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Cleo Hartwig became a sculpture instructor at Cooper Union in New York and the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey.
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Cleo Hartwig worked with reproduction houses and executed a commission for the All-Faiths Memorial Tower in NJ.
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Cleo Hartwig had a solo show at the Montclair Art Museum and two joint shows with her husband, Vincent Glinsky.
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Cleo Hartwig's "Owlet," shown at the New York Botanical Garden's Conservatory, was featured in The New York Times.
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Cleo Hartwig was invited to serve on juries around the country, including the 4th North American Sculpture Exhibition, for which she was co-juror with Francisco Zuniga.
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Cleo Hartwig received more awards, gave masterclasses, and continued to sculpt until just months before her death.
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Cleo Hartwig belongs to a line of 'direct carvers' which includes both Jose de Creeft, with whom she studied, and Vincent Glinsky, her husband.
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Cleo Hartwig belongs to the generation of the 1930s and 1940s who advanced opportunities for women artists.
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Cleo Hartwig was an early member of the National Association of Women Artists, and the New York Society of Women Artists.
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Cleo Hartwig is regarded as a member of The New York School, and her work was featured in the TV documentary, Women of the First Wave; Elders of the Century.
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Cleo Hartwig's papers are held at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.
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Cleo Hartwig's works are in such collections as the Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.