Sewell "Si" Sillman

Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

Art/ Design/ Craft

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1948 - 1949

BIRTH

1921-10-24

Savannah, GA

DEATH

1992-04-05

Lyme, CT

Sewell Sillman was a student at the college from 1948 to 1949, and returned for the summer of 1952.

He served in the Army and has a foundation attributed to his name, The Sewell Sillman Foundation

Courses Taken

Winter term 1947-48: Design (J. Albers), History of Philosophy (Dehn), Geometry(Dehn)

Summer term 1948: Architecture (Fuller-Burchard), Color (Albers), Weaving (A. Albers)

Fall term 1948-49: Drawing (J. Albers), Painting (J. Albers), Sculpture (J. Albers_,French (Mme. Goldowski), Principles of Philosophy (Dehn), Introduction to Mathematics(Dehn)

Winter term 1948-49: Color (J. Albers), Seminar on Philosophy (Dehn), Mathematics Seminar (Dehn), Printing (W. P. Jennerjahn), Painting (J. Albers), Drawing (J. Albers)

Summer 1949: Silkscreen (P. Jennerjahn), Print Shop (P. Jennerjahn), Verse & Drama(Olson)

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