The Monster Roster
The Monster Roster was a group of Chicago artists, several of whom served in World War II and were able to go to art school thanks to the G.I. Bill. They were given their name in 1959 by critic Franz Schulze, based on their existential, sometimes gruesome, semi-mystical figurative work. Many of them were mentored by Vera Berdich, an influential surrealist printmaker who taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Monster Roster included:
- Don Baum
- Cosmo Campoli
- George Cohen (artist)
- Dominic Di Meo
- Leon Golub
- Theodore Halkin
- June Leaf
- Seymour Rosofsky
- Nancy Spero
- H. C. Westermann
- Karl Wirsum
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Famous quotes containing the word monster:
“I’ve created a hundred times the monster that my father made.”
—W. Scott Darling. Erle C. Kenton. Dr. Frankenstein (Sir Cedric Hardwicke)