Charles Biederman, 98; Artist’s Works Were Reflection of Nature
Charles Biederman, 98, an artist known for his abstract geometric paintings and aluminum reliefs that reflected his deeply held belief that art springs from nature, died Sunday at his farm in Red Wing, Minn., according to a spokesman at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis.
The cause of death was not announced.
Born in Cleveland to Czech immigrants on Aug. 23, 1906, Biederman dropped out of high school but later talked himself into the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied for several years.
His early work consisted of paintings, but the last half of his life was devoted to three-dimensional creations of painted aluminum squares and rectangles.
His work is in the collections of some of the country’s leading museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Walker Art Center.
Biederman also wrote extensively about art, publishing 11 books.
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