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frederick judd hammersley

Born 1919 Died 2009 Works span 1958–1978

Early Life and Artistic Foundations Frederick Judd Hammersley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1919, embarked on an artistic journey marked by a relentless pursuit of geometric abstraction. His early life was characterized by mobility, following his father’s career with the Department of the Interior which led to relocations across Idaho and eventually to San Francisco. This itinerant upbringing instilled within him a sense of observ…

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1958

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1978

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Chronological Journey

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