Richard Hunt, a prolific sculptor whose towering metalwork became a mainstay of American public art, and whose 70-year career drew the attention of presidents from Lyndon B. Johnson to Barack ...

Richard Hunt, an influential sculptor whose work channeled the civil rights movement and filled public spaces across the U.S., has died at age 88.

Renowned sculptor and Chicago native Richard Hunt died on Dec. 16 at the age of 88, in his beloved Chicago home. This marks the end of a remarkable journey, one that saw Richard Hunt rise to ...

Richard Hunt’s studio is a repository of creativity that can give one whiplash. Upon entering the Lill Avenue cavernous structure, one sees light, shadows, books, cardboard and metal ready to… ...

Hunt received a bachelor of arts degree from the School of the Art Institute in 1957 and traveled to Europe, ... Sculptor Richard Hunt at work in his Chicago studio on Aug. 11, 2023.

Richard Hunt, whose sculpture abounded in high places and in plain sight, dies at 88 By Steven R. Strahler Steve Strahler is a contributing reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business.

Richard Hunt, a prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from ...

Richard Hunt, abstract sculptor at home in public spaces, dies at 88. He often drew on Black history and culture in his work, ... At 13, he began taking junior classes at the museum’s art school.

Richard Hunt, a Chicago native who ... The sculptor graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and one year later, in 1958, created one of his most popular works, "Hero Construction." ...

Richard Howard Hunt was born Sept. 12, 1935, in Chicago, the first of two children born to Cleophus Howard Hunt, a barber, and Etoria Inez Henderson Hunt, a librarian.

Abstract sculptor Richard Hunt, a lifelong Chicagoan who in 1971 became the first African American artist to receive a solo retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, died Saturday at age 88.