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Black Mountain College
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Experimental art school founded in 1933 by John Rice, disestablished in 1957.
Location:
Asheville, NC
Founding Date:
1933 STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| Arthur Penn |
Film Director |
27-Sep-1922 |
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Penn & Teller Get Killed |
| Robert Rauschenberg |
Sculptor |
22-Oct-1925 |
13-May-2008 |
American modern sculptor and painter |
| Michael Rumaker |
Author |
5-Mar-1932 |
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Beat author, The Butterfly |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Josef Albers |
Artist |
19-Mar-1888 |
25-Mar-1976 |
Homage to the Square |
| Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
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The Life of the Drama |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Willem de Kooning |
Painter |
24-Apr-1904 |
19-Mar-1997 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
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