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Barbara Ann Lekberg (née Barbara Ann Hult; March 19, 1925 – February 14, 2018) was an American sculptor.[1]

Barbara Lekberg
Born	Barbara Ann Hult (1925-03-19)March 19, 1925 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	February 14, 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Barbara Hult Lekberg, Barbara A. Hult Lekberg
Education	University of Iowa, SculptureCenter
Spouse(s)	Victor Tamerlis ​ ​ (m. 1956; died 1992)​
Children	Zoë Lund
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship

Early life and education

Barbara Lekberg was born as Barbara Ann Hult on March 19, 1925 in Portland, Oregon.[1] Her mother was music teacher Mildred Anderson, and her father was in the family lumber business, Melvin Hult.[1]

Lekberg attended University of Iowa, studying sculpture under Humbert Albrizio [Wikidata], Philip Guston, and Mauricio Lasansky.[2] She graduated in 1946 with a B.A. degree in sculpture, and in 1947 with a M.A. degree in art history.[1] She moved to New York City in the late 1940s.[3] Lekberg studied at The Clay Club (now known as the SculptureCenter), under Sahl Swarz and learned how to weld steel sculptures.[1]

Career

Her first solo exhibition was in 1959 at the SculptureCenter.[4] She made large figurative metal sculptors, often involving draped fabrics.[4] Lekberg taught classes at the University of the Arts, from 1981 to 2001.

She was a member of the National Academy of Design.[5] Lekberg was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in fine arts two times (1957, 1959).[6]

Personal life

In 1956, she married Victor Tamerlis, a rare-books dealer and together they lived in Greenwich Village.[1] They had a daughter born in 1962, Zoe Tamerlis Lund.[1] The short film Zoe Rising (2014), documented their daughter's life through the memories of Barbara Lekberg.[7]

Lekberg died on February 14, 2018 in a nursing home in the Bronx, after struggling with Alzheimer’s disease.[1]

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