page_title: David von Schlegell
section_title: Life and career
hierarchical_section_title: David von Schlegell / Life and career
caption_attribution_description: English: LOC metadata Title: Sculpture "Voyage of Ulysses" located at front plaza exterior, James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer Date Created/Published: 2007. Medium: 1 photograph&#160;: digital, TIFF file, color. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-02458 (original digital file) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 02458 c-P&amp;P(ONLINE) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Artist: David Von Schlegell, 1977. Stainless steel and water. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083). Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
context_page_description: David Von Schlegell was an American abstract artist and sculptor.
context_section_description: Von Schlegell was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920, the son of American impressionist artist William von Schlegell. He studied at the University of Michigan in the 1940s, and then entered the United States Air Force. He made his return to art when he joined the Art Students League in New York. In 1953 David married Mary W. Keep. They had four children, Lisa, Julia, Rosemary, and Anthony. After 11 years of marriage David and Mary separated and they were divorced November 9, 1976. In the early 1960s, David von Schlegell built his own sculpture studio in Ogunquit, Maine and later established himself as a prominent sculptor. He started living with award winning American postmodern poet Susan Howe in 1966 and in 1967 their son Mark was born. David and Susan married November 30, 1976 and he became step-father to her daughter, now an abstract artist, R.H. Quaytman. From 1971 to 1990, von Schlegell was the head of the Yale School of Art sculpture department. He died on October 5, 1992 in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 72. Students of note include Don Gummer, Roni Horn, Jessica Stockholder, Ann Hamilton, Matthew Barney, Sean Landers, and Katsuhisa Sakai.
caption: Voyage of Ulysses (1977), James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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