John
Storrs
1885-1956
Storrs is mostly known as an abstract sculptor, but he studied the figure as a student and continued to practice it throughout his career. Though born in Chicago, he lived mostly in France and became attached to the Moderns of Paris (Marsden Hartley, Leger, Lipchitz, Duchamp, Zadkine, Zorach, Noguchi, Man Ray, and Joseph Stella). Regarding the figure, he spent a year with Charles Grafly in Philadelphia and worked with both Rodin and Laredo Taft. The only male heir of a wealthy architect/developer he probably did not need to sell his work, but he did receive some commissions from Chicago architects, including the monumental 'Ceres' on top of the Board of Trade building.
Pictures courtesy of the Estate of John Storrs
Valerie Carberry Gallery ,Chicago
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