1. Sidney Geist was known for his sculpture and his art criticism.
12 Facts About Sidney Geist
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Sidney Geist attended St Stephen's College now Bard College, and the Art Students League of New York.
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Sidney Geist worked for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project from 1938 through 1940.
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Sidney Geist served in the United States Army in Europe from 1944 through 1945, the final years of World War II.
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Sidney Geist returned to Europe after the war, attending the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and exhibiting at the Galerie Huit.
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Sidney Geist was a writer, contributing to Art Digest, Artforum, and The New Criterion.
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Sidney Geist wrote several books including Brancusi: A Study of the Sculpture, and Interpreting Cezanne.
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Sidney Geist taught at many universities including Brooklyn College, Pratt Institute, the University of California, Berkeley, and Vassar College.
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Sidney Geist was one of the founders of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
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In 1975 Sidney Geist was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Sidney Geist was a member of the American Abstract Artists.
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Sidney Geist's papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.