Name Karl Stirner | Role Sculptor | |
Karl stirner art
Karl Stirner (November 14, 1923 – February 18, 2016) was a German-born American sculptor.
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- Karl stirner art
- Karl stirner und walther soyka im gasthaus goldmarie
- The Karl Stirner Arts Trail
- References
He was born in Bad Wildbad. His longtime hometown of Easton, Pennsylvania honored the artist by naming the "Karl Stirner Arts trail" with which he was actively involved after him. As an art professor he taught at Swathmore college and the Tyler School of Art.
In 1956, the Delaware Art Museum held an exhibition of his metalwork. Stirner's work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, the James A. Michener Art Museum and the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., among others places.
Stirner's sculptures were the subject of an exhibition at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, entitled "Transformations II: Works in Steel" it ran from March 16 – June 16, 2013.
Stirner died February 18, 2016, aged 92 at his home in Easton. The sculptor Jonas Stirner is his son.
Karl stirner und walther soyka im gasthaus goldmarie
The Karl Stirner Arts Trail
The Karl Stirner arts trail is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long arts trail (prior to the artwork being installed named the Bushkill Creek Trail) which runs along the Bushkill Creek in Easton, Pennsylvania, It is studded with works by its aforementioned namesake as well as a bevy of other artists both local and international, including; Willie Cole, David Kimball Anderson and Patricia Meyerowitz. Currently Jim Toia an artist and Lafayette College professor heads up administration of the trail.