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(b Decatur, Ind., 9 Mar. 1906; d nr. Bennington, Vt., 23 May 1965). The most original and influential American sculptor of his generation. He began to study art at Ohio University in 1924 but soon dropped out of the course, and in the summer of 1925 he worked at the Studebaker motor plant at South Bend, Indiana, where he acquired the skills in metalwork that stood him in good stead later in his career.
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Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)