Peter Forakis Artist

Peter Forakis (born September 22, 1927, in Hanna, Wyoming, died November 26, 2009 in Petaluma, California) was an American artist known as an abstract geometric sculptor. The son of a Greek immigrant, he grew up on the Wyoming prairie until the age of 10 when his family moved to Oakland, California. Eventually they settled in Modesto, California. Forakis was in the Merchant Marines from 1945-50. He served in the US. Military in Korea and Japan from 1951-53. He earned his B.F.A. at the California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco Art Institute) in 1957.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 22, 1927
Birth place
Hanna Wyoming
Nationality
United States
Date of deathNovember 26, 2009
Place of death
Petaluma California

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Artist

Field of work
Sculpture
Abstract art
training at
San Francisco Art Institute

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Peter Forakis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://blantonmuseum.org/works_of_art/exhibitions/park_place/index.cfm
  2. http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=34722
  3. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/arts/design/16forakis.html