H. C. Westermann

Horace Clifford Westermann was born on December 11, 1922 in Los Angeles, California and died in Brookfield Center, Connecticut in 1981. Westermann joined the Marine Corps in 1942. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago multiple times, but never received a degree. Since childhood, H.C. Westermann had been intrigued by acrobatics, and he combined this with his love of sculpting to create quirky works that intrigued people all over. Many later artists, such as Bruce Nauman, Jim Nutt and William T. Wiley, claim to have been influenced by Westermann’s innovative techniques and insights.