Harry Bertoia
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915-03-10
- Died
- 1978-11-06
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The Bertoia collection
- Bent, cast & forged
- Harry Bertoia
- Harry Bertoia, Printmaker
- Decisi che una sedia non poteva bastare
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- 2,955
- Total plays
- 29,166
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Harry Bertoia (b. March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy. d. November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania, United States), was an Italian-born artist and modern furniture designer. At the age of 15 he traveled from Italy to Detroit to visit his older brother, however he chose to stay and enrolled in Cass Technical High School, where he studied art and design and learned the art of handmade jewelry making. In 1938 he attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, now known
Key dates
- Born
- 10 March 1915
- Died
- 6 November 1978
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Arzene
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Notable work
- sound art
- Field of work
- jewelry design
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Categories
1915 births1978 deaths20th-century American designers20th-century American male artists20th-century American sculptors20th-century Italian male artistsAmerican furniture designersAmerican male sculptorsAudiovisual artistsCass Technical High School alumniCranbrook Academy of Art alumniItalian emigrants to the United States