Sam Maloof
American furniture maker and woodworker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sam Maloof (January 24, 1916 – May 21, 2009)[1][2] was an American furniture designer and woodworker. Maloof's work is in the collections of several major American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[3] Maloof, the first craftsman to receive a MacArthur fellowship, was described by The New York Times as "a central figure in the postwar American crafts movement".[4]
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Born | (1916-01-24)January 24, 1916 |
Died | May 21, 2009(2009-05-21) (aged 93) Alta Loma, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Woodworker |
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