“Study for a Construction in Wood” – by Charles Biederman, 1952,11″x14″, paper in relief, 1952.

These types of projects are especially enjoyable. It is a privilege to design and build a framing presentation package for significant works of art by significant artists.  Biederman qualifies on both accounts.

Biederman was an independent personality (read: difficult to get to know) who lived in a rural Red Wing home when he died in 2004 at the age of 98.  He was a prominent American Modernist painter and sculptor.  He was predisposed to using geometric subjects in his art.

Because he lived the last fifty years of his life in Red Wing, there are many locals who came to know him over the years.  He lived a quiet and almost reclusive life, except he was a prolific letter writer.  It is in these letters that Biederman would share his strong opinions about all matters and topics.

The materials for this project just arrived this week and photos of the finished packaged will be posted.