George rickey biography
George rickey biography
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George Rickey
American kinetic sculptor (1907–2002)
George Rickey | |
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Breaking Column, stainless steel, 1988, Honolulu Museum of Art | |
| Born | (1907-06-06)June 6, 1907 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 2002(2002-07-17) (aged 95) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Kinetic Sculpture |
George Warren Rickey (June 6, 1907 – July 17, 2002) was an American kinetic sculptor known for geometric abstractions, often large-scale, engineered to move in response to air currents.
Early life and education
Rickey was born on June 6, 1907, in South Bend, Indiana.[1] When Rickey was still a child, his father, an engineer with Singer Sewing Machine Company, moved the family to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1913.[1] Growing up with a father who was an engineer and a grandfather who was a clockmaker instilled in the young Rickey an interest in mechanical