Richard Erdman (artist)

Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman with his marble sculpture, Volante.
Born Richard Stewart Erdman
(1952-05-20) May 20, 1952
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Nationality American
Known for sculpture, painting
Movement Abstract Bronze and Marble Sculpture, Modernism
Spouse(s) Madeleine Dammers Austin
Patron(s) Donald M. Kendall

Richard Erdman (born May 20, 1952) is an American artist. His family moved to Vermont when he was five. He was a two-time NCAA All-American skier at the University of Vermont. Erdman is the grandson of Charles R. Erdman, Jr., former mayor of Princeton.

Education

Career

Erdman's first real success came with the installation of the monumental sculpture, Passage, in the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at Pepsico in New York. Passage is the largest travertine sculpture in the world to have been carved from a single quarried block of stone. Erdman's career began in 1976 and his work can be found in public and private collections in forty countries. Notable examples include Minneapolis Institute of Art, Princeton University, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

Richard Erdman, Passage. 1985 Monumental travertine sculpture. Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Pepsico Headquarters, Purchase, NY
Cascata, 2014 Monumental bronze sculpture. Private collection, Grand Rapids, MI.
Venture, 1993 Carrara marble. Four Seasons Hotel, Singapore.

Major collections

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