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Frederick Hammersley
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Frederick Judd Hammersley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1919, embarked on an artistic journey marked by a relentless pursuit of geometric abstraction. His early life was characterized by mobility, following his father’s career with the Department of the Interior which led to relocations across Idaho and eventually to San Francisco. This itinerant upbringing instilled within him a sense of observa
tion and adaptability that would later inform his artistic process. Initial art lessons in San Francisco sparked an interest that blossomed during studies at Idaho State University from 1936-1938, before he committed himself to formal training at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles beginning in 1940. At Chouinard, Hammersley received instruction from notable figures like Rico Lebrun, exploring a diverse range of subjects—from fi…