Nancy Graves (1940-1995) was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and sometimes filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the moon. Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... why hello hello Sculptor redirects here. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Species Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius Camels are even-toed ungulates in the genus Camelus. ...

Early life and studies

Graves was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her interest in art, nature, and anthropology was fostered by her father, an art director at a local museum. After graduating from Vassar College in English Literature, Graves attended Yale University, where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees. After her graduation in 1964, she received a Fulbright Scholarship and studied painting in Paris. Continuing her international travels, she then moved on to Florence. During the rest of her life, she would also travel to New York, Morocco, Germany, and Canada. Caption Pittsfield is a city located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ... Initiation rite of the Yao people of Malawi Anthropology (from the Greek word , man or person) consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ... Vassar College is a private, coeducational, highly selective liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. ... Yale redirects here. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ...

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Work

Graves's most famous sculpture, Camels, was first displayed in the Whitney Museum of American Art, making her the first woman to have her own exhibition there. The sculpture features three separate camels, each made of many materials, among them burlap, wax, figerglass, and animal skin. Each camel is also painted with acrylics and oil colors to appear realistic. The camels are now stored in the National Gallery of Canada, and two later "siblings" reside in the Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen in Germany. Night view of Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... National Gallery of Canada on Canada Day. ...

Graves also created a distinctive body of aerial landscapes, mostly based on maps of the moon and similar sources. Below is a link to an example (VI Maskeyne Da Region of the Moon). Author Margret Dreikausen (1985) writes extensively of Graves's aerial works as part of a broader discussion of the aerial view and its importance in modern and contemporary art. An example of artistic depiction of an aerial landscape: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52x48. Aerial landscape art is painting or other visual art which depicts or evokes the appearance of a landscape... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rio de Janeiro birds-eye view. ...

Some of Graves's other works include:

• Goulimine (film, 1970)
• Izy Boukir (film, 1971)
• VI Maskeyne Da Region of the Moon (lithograph, 1972) [1]
• Fragment (painting, 1977) [2]
• Wheelabout (sculpture, 1985)[3]
• Hindsight (sculpture, 1986) [4]
• Immovable Iconography (sculpture, 1990) [5]

Awards

• Skowhegan Medal for Drawing/Graphics (1980)
• New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award (1986)
• Honorary Degree, Skidmore College (1989)

See also

• Aerial landscape

An example of artistic depiction of an aerial landscape: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52x48. Aerial landscape art is painting or other visual art which depicts or evokes the appearance of a landscape...

References

• Dreikausen, Margret, "Aerial Perception: The Earth as Seen from Aircraft and Spacecraft and Its Influence on Contemporary Art" (Associated University Presses: Cranbury, NJ; London, England; Mississauga, Ontario: 1985) ISBN 0879820403
• Graves, Nancy Stevenson ; E A Carmean; Fort Worth Art Museum.The Sculpture of Nancy Graves : a catalogue raisonné with essays (New York : Hudson Hills Press in association with the Fort Worth Art Museum : Distributed in the United States ... by Rizzoli International, ©1987) ISBN 0933920776; ISBN 0933920784

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External links

• Nancy Graves Foundation - includes biography, images of her works, and more
• Nancy Graves - from the National Gallery of Art
• Nancy Graves - from Artcyclopedia
• "Nancy Graves: Camels, Bones and Bronze" - critical review of one of Graves's exhibitions

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