1907, South Bend/Indiana2002, Saint Paul/Minnesota

Biography

1907

Born June 6, 1907 in South Bend (Indiana)

1928-1929

Attended the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, England

1929-1930

Study visit in Paris at the Académie L’hote and the Académie Moderne

1942

Joined the army

1945-1946

Studies in art at the New York University

1948-1950

Residence for teaching at the Institute of Design in Chicago

1964-1968

Participation in the documenta III & IV in Kassel

1987

Elected zur Akademie der Künste, Berlin

1993

Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit I. class

1995

Receives Gold Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy

2002

George Rickey died July 17, 2002 in Saint Paul, Minnesota