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Sam Maloof
Artist Biography
Sam Maloof is America's best known contemporary furniture craftsman. While he is self-taught as a woodworker, both his name and his work are instantly recognizable. No other twentieth-century studio furniture maker has received as many awards for design and craftsmanship. In 1985 he was named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow. He is the only craftsman to have received this coveted "genius" award.
Sam Maloof was born in 1916 in Chino, California, to Lebanese immigrant parents. He began making furniture in 1949, after working as a graphic artist in industry, serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, and working as a studio assistant to the artist-designer Millard Sheets, of Claremont, California. During the 1950s, he was a key member of the innovative, Los Angeles-area modern design movement; his work was included in the annual "California Design" shows, as well as other exhibits of contemporary-style home furnishings. With its warm tones, hand-sculpted details, and simple, timeless designs, Maloof's walnut furniture perfectly
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Samuel Solomon Maloof
| Birth date: 01-23-1916 |
| Date of death: 05-21-2009 |
| Country of origin: United States |
| Primary Occupation: Woodworker |
| Secondary Occupation: Designer |
| Spouse(s): Alfreda Louise Ward (1948–1998;her death), Beverly Wingate Maloof (2001–2009;his death) |
Sam was born in Chino, California, to the east of Los Angeles. Chino was a farming community where market gardens and citrus groves flourished. Sam's father, Slimen Nasif Nadir Maloof, and mother, Anisse, had arrived in the US from Lebanon, then a region of the Ottoman Empire, in 1905. The family entered through Ellis Island, New York, and crossed the country to California, where Nasif's sister, Holla, had a store in Santa Barbara. Nasif peddled vegetables and dry goods from a horse-drawn carriage; Anisse sold her handmade lace, embroidered linens and crochet work from it. Sam's love of craftsmanship drew from his early admiration of his mother's skills, and he took much pride in his Lebanese heritage and extended family.
He learned to speak Spanish from a Mexican housekeeper
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Sam Maloof
American furniture maker and woodworker
Sam Maloof | |
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| Born | (1916-01-24)January 24, 1916 Chino, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 2009(2009-05-21) (aged 93) Alta Loma, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Woodworker |
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| Children | 3 |
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]
Early life and education
Maloof was born Samuel Solomon Maloof, a member of the large Maalouf family, in Chino, California, to Lebanese immigrants.[5]
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