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Adams, Mark [1925-2006. USA. Weaver/Tapestry/Stained Glass Designer/Painter]
Adams, Mark [1925-2006. USA. Weaver/Tapestry/Stained Glass Designer/Painter]
Mark Adams was born in Fort Plain, New York, on 27 October 1925 and studied at Syracuse University (1943-45) and at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in New York City (1945-47). Later, in 1955, he also trained with Jean Lurçat and at the Ecole Nationale d'Art Décoratif in Aubusson, France. He initially worked as a hands-on weaver but by the mid-1950s was hiring artisans to execute his designs including weaver Paul Avignon or the atelier of Goubely-Gatien in Aubusson. Adams also designed stained glass and, from the mid-1970s, worked as a painter. Commissions he received included stained glass for St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Saratoga, California (1963-70); the baptistry at All Saints Episcopal Church in Carmel, California (1968); the 'Flying Man' tapestry for Bank California in San Francisco (1968); a tapestry for Weyerhaeuser Co. in Tacoma, Washington (1971); stained glass for Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco (1972); and stained glass for St. Thomas More Catholic Church in San Francisco (1974). He also designed stained glass for Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and for the Lafayette-Orinda United Presbyterian Church, and tapestries for San Francisco International Airport and Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Adams exhibited at the International Biennial of Tapestry in Lausanne, Switzerland (1962, 1965); the Museum of Contemporary Crafts [now Museum of Art and Design] in New York City (1965); San Francisco Museum of Art [now San Francisco Museum of Modern Art] (1965); and at 'California Design 9' at the Pasadena Art Museum in Pasadena, California (1965).
A solo exhibition tapestries by Adams was held at French & Company in New York City in 1964. He was also the subject of a retrospective exhibition at California Palace Legion of Honor in San Francisco (1970). Adams died in San Francisco on 24 January 2006. Examples of his work are in the permanent collections of Dallas Museum of Fine Art in Dallas, Texas; San Francisco Public Library; Santa Roosa-Sonoma Public Library in California; and the Hall of Justice in San Francisco
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A solo exhibition tapestries by Adams was held at French & Company in New York City in 1964. He was also the subject of a retrospective exhibition at California Palace Legion of Honor in San Francisco (1970). Adams died in San Francisco on 24 January 2006. Examples of his work are in the permanent collections of Dallas Museum of Fine Art in Dallas, Texas; San Francisco Public Library; Santa Roosa-Sonoma Public Library in California; and the Hall of Justice in San Francisco
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Eose and Dogwood, 1986, weaving, by Mark Adams
Weblinks
American Tapestry Alliance
SFGate
Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Oral history interview with Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen, 1983 August 31-1984 February 24
Steve Steinberg. ‘Famed Artist Mark Adams Leaves Behind a Rich Tapestry of Color and Glass’. The Noe Valley Voice March 2006
Wikipedia
YouTube. Present! - Mark Adams at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The ideo explores the tapestry work of consummate San Francisco Bay Area artist, Mark Adams (1925-2006), on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles from May 15 to July 29, 2012 [26 minutes]
American Tapestry Alliance
SFGate
Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Oral history interview with Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen, 1983 August 31-1984 February 24
Steve Steinberg. ‘Famed Artist Mark Adams Leaves Behind a Rich Tapestry of Color and Glass’. The Noe Valley Voice March 2006
Wikipedia
YouTube. Present! - Mark Adams at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. The ideo explores the tapestry work of consummate San Francisco Bay Area artist, Mark Adams (1925-2006), on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles from May 15 to July 29, 2012 [26 minutes]