Charles o perry biography
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Charles O. Perry
American sculptor ( - )
Charles O. Perry | |
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| Born | Charles Owen Perry ()October 18, Helena, Montana, US |
| Died | February 8, () (aged&#;81) |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor, designer |
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Charles Owen Perry (October 18, , Helena, Montana, US &#; February 8, , Norwalk, Connecticut, US) was an American sculptor particularly known for his large-scale public sculptures.[1]
Life
He served in the U.S.
Army, during the Korean War, receiving a Bronze Star.[2]
Perry initially studied architecture at Yale University, graduating in He then joined the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in San Francisco, where he continued to work as an architect until At the same time, Perry started developing some of his own ideas in sculpture and in staged his first one-man show of sculptural models in San Francisco, which led to some early commissions for his sculptures.
In the same year Perry won the Rome Prize (for architecture) from