Frederick Judd Hammersley 心地よい空間へ
感性、 ではない
ギャラリーへ
ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Frederick Judd Hammersley
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Frederick Judd Hammersley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1919, embarked on an artistic journey marked by a relentless pursuit of geometric abstraction. His early life was characterized by mobility, following his father’s career with the Department of the Interior which led to relocations across Idaho and eventually to San Francisco. This itinerant upbringing instilled within him a sense of observa
tion and adaptability that would later inform his artistic process. Initial art lessons in San Francisco sparked an interest that blossomed during studies at Idaho State University from 1936-1938, before he committed himself to formal training at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles beginning in 1940. At Chouinard, Hammersley received instruction from notable figures like Rico Lebrun, exploring a diverse range of subjects—from fi…