Richard Kamm  sculptor

 

 

N e w   E n g l a n d

 

 

 

Born July 15, 1928, in Boston, MA, USA

 

Parents:  Adele Sarah Dooskin (1904 -1934)  -  Maurice Arthur Kamm (1896 - 1934)

 

 

Received first art lessons at age 10 in Newton Center, MA

 

Began sculpture studies at age 13 : Saturday Classes, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

 

 

Studied Art History and Sculpture at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, while working for a BA degree

in English Literature (1945-1949)

 

Sculpture with  Jose de Creeft at Skowhegan School of Art (Summer,1948)

 

Graduated from Dartmouth College (1949) : BA degree in English Literature (Magna cum laude – PBK)

 

 

 

N e w   Y o r k

 

 

Entered Art Students League of New York : William Zorach Sculpture Class (1949-1950)

 

 

Drafted into US Army during Korean War : served in North Carolina (Fort Bragg) and Frankfurt, Germany (December, 1950 – December, 1952)

 

 

Spring Term at New School, New York City : Sculpture with Seymour Lipton (1953)

 

Further studies at Art Students League of New York : Sculpture with John Hovannes (1953-1955)

 

Earle Sculpture Scholarship, Art Students League of New York (1954-1955)

 

 

 

F u l b r i g h t   G r a n t

 

 

Fulbright Grant for Sculpture, assigned by US Congress, for a year spent in Rome, Italy (1955-1956)

Extended on recommendation by Giulio Carlo Argan for six months (1956-1957)

 

 

 

R o m e

 

 

Has resided and created sculpture in Rome since 1955

 

Found part-time employment there that granted him both financial security and ample time to practice his art

 

Worked, from 1960 to 1993 – first as an independent collaborator, then as a part-time employee – as a translator and reader of Italian cultural news programs for the United States and other English-speaking nations, in the short-wave radio sector of RAI-Radiotelevisione italiana, Italian Public Radio and Television

 

 

Has written an unpublished volume of poetry in English, entitled Roman Poems