Robert Engman

Robert Engman (1927 - ) is a well-known American sculptor with a number of works in the Hirshhorn Museum and elsewhere in the U.S. One of his best-known sculptures, entitled "Triune", created in 1975, stands in Philadelphia at the south west corner of City Hall. Another, "Kings" is at 78th and Lindbergh Streets, also in Philadelphia. In his work, he often explores minimal surface intersections of geometric forms, which has led to the interest over the years, of many who are involved in the science and mathematics of such surfaces, including the late R. Buckminster Fuller.

Engman was born in 1927 to parents who had emigrated from Sweden. He joined the Navy at the age of 15, serving in World War II in the Pacific, and when he returned, he attended the Rhode Island School of Design. He then attended the Fine Arts Department at Yale to receive an MFA in Painting and one in Sculpture.

He has taught sculpture at Yale University and at the University of Pennsylvania. Penn students collaborated with him to create the Peace Symbol sculpture in front of the Van Pelt Library. But he may be best known for designing a range of golf putters.

External links

* [http://www.yale.edu/publicart/column.html "Column, 1963", Public art at Yale]
* [http://www.golfillustrated.com/equipreview10406.asp "Head Of Their Class Putters", Golf Illustrated]
* [http://www.pga.com/news/show/products/stx_putters_show012204.cfm "Form and function", PGA.com]
* [http://stxputters.com/design/bob_engman.asp Bio details, STX Putters]
* [http://www.philart.net/artist.php?id=64 Robert Engman page, Philadelphia Public Art @ philart.net]