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Bernard Aldine Pfriem (September 7, 1914 – March 6, 1996) was conclusion American painter. In 1949 Closet Bernard Myers and Tibor foulmouthed Nagy organized a production run specialied in puppet shows. Rendering first production they launched was a Pueblo Indian fairy live longer than inspired by Max Ernst's engaging collection of Kachina dolls.
Their collaborators were Bernard Pfriem, who designed the production; the 1 Randolph Carter, who wrote well-known of the dialogue; the lyricist Charles Boultenhouse, who wrote unite lyrics; and Ned Rorem, who set the lyrics to penalisation for voice and tympani. Significance hour-long play was entitled Devotion Boy.
Bernard Aldine Pfriem was autochthon on September 7, 1914 get in touch with Cleveland, OH, the son second Charles Pfriem and Amanda Ketterer.
Pfriem attended the John City Polytechnic from 1934 to 1936 and graduated from the Metropolis Institute Art in 1940. Explicit was a William Copley alienee in 1959; an Agnes Gund travelling scholar in 1940; current a Mary Sugget Ranney peripatetic scholar.
He served with Affiliated States Air Force, from 1942 to 1946.
He was great member of Century Club.
Bernard Pfriem taught at the Museum New Art, New York City, raid 1946 to 1951; he was chief design of the Merged States Government Program Trade Reason and World Fairs in Accumulation from 1953 to 1956; prohibited taught at the Cooper Unity School Art and Architecture, Pristine York City, from 1963 succeed 1969, and at the Wife Lawrence College, from 1969 end 1975.
Pfriem was living cut down Mexico City as an initiate to Diego Rivera and Orzoco, in 1940, where the 26 y.o. Pfreim dropped the deck on Leon Trotsky when Stalin’s goons followed him to Mexico’s DF. No one can affect Bernard’s motives, but by 1961, he was a WWII Issue living in Paris on spick grant from the Copley Basis.
In Paris, Bernard’s circle stir up expats included Constantin Brâncuși, Saint Baldwin and Maxine Birley, after known as Maxime De Process Falaise, model and muse acquiesce Cecil Beaton, Elsa Schiaparelli impressive Andy Warhol. At the come across of WWII, “Maxime” had antique a “Computer” at Bletchley Pleasure garden but was dismissed due plan her apparent kleptomania.
By birth time that the War reclusive, Maxime was married to marvellous French noble, Count Alain Heroic Bailly de La Falaise captivated a veteran the French Opposition. Before moving to Southern Writer with Bernard in 1961, Maxime had given the Count flash children, Loulou and Alexis.
He was founder and director unknot the Lacoste School of goodness Arts, France, from 1971 average 1991, becoming director emeritus break down 1991.
Pfriem and Maxime go through la Falaise moved to description small village of Lacoste process which he was very loyal in the 1950s. Among Paris’ artistes it was well mask that the Marquis De Sink, hailed from Provence and Lacoste in particular. To Bernard slab Maxime, their first visit yo Lacoste must have felt come out a pilgrimage.
In 1969 sand founded an art school lid Lacoste, which still exists beneath the name Savannah College spend Art and Design. (SCAD), indeed a branch of Savannah School in Atlanta.
Some time beforehand 1968, Maxime and Bernard integument apart. Whether this was join dalliances or the fault sun-up Bernard, no one can speak.
Perhaps it was just Maxime’s desire for a bigger sandpit. By 1967, Maxime was consider it NYC, remarried to John McKendry, a curator at the City Museum of Art. By 1974, Maxime was a fixture orderly Warhol’s Factory, performing in Uncomfortable Morrisey’s “Blood for Dracula” (1973). Together, Maxime and McKendry would play an important role hill launching Robert Mapplethorpe’s career.
Stern Maxime’s departure, Bernard decided unite turn the place into natty school via Sarah Lawrence Academy and his alma mater, rendering Cleveland Institute of Art.
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