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Thomas Mann (artist)

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Thomas Robert Mann (born 1947) is an American jewelry artist known primarily for his metalsmithing and assemblage techniques.[1] Combining industrial-style metals with found trinkets and baubles, Mann has dubbed his style "Techno-Romantic" and runs Studio I/O in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he now lives and works.[2]

Early life and education

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Mann was born in Northampton, Pennsylvania and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] His father was a machinist for Bethlehem Steel, an influence to which Mann credits his "fondness for machinery."[3] While in high school, Mann experimented with jewelry-making and worked at a silversmith shop in Allentown.[2] The jewelry he sold during his teen years helped fund his education at East Stroudsburg University, where he earned a degree in performing arts in 1970.[2] In 1977, Mann began exhibiting at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and later established his home and studio in New Orleans in 1982.[2]

Selected collections

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Thomas Mann". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Cordescu, Andrei; Herman, Lloyd E. (2001). Thomas Mann: Metal Artist. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing. pp. 9–14.
  3. ^ Filips, Janet (August 14, 1990). "Mann Made". The Oregonian.
  4. ^ Thomas Mann, "Big Link" Necklace, 1989, mixed media, Gift of Don and Rita Newman, MFAH 2014.275. https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/122043
  5. ^ Thomas Mann, "Space Frame Neck Piece (Do you Believe in Luck?),1992, mixed media, The Daphne Farago Collection, MFAB 2006.345. https://collections.mfa.org/objects/458919/space-frame-neck-piece-do-you-believe-in-luck;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E723692?ctx=ef8e18aa-cd33-4c08-bfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=3
  6. ^ Thomas Mann, "Memory Map" Collage Box with Brooch, 1992, mixed media, The Daphne Farago Collection, MFAB 2013.1712. https://collections.mfa.org/objects/475232/memory-map-collage-box-with-brooch;jsessionid=A8C0B1B63F4EF2D7DC45F27F4E723692?ctx=ef8e18aa-cd33-4c08-bfea-8a80df18bdbb&idx=4
  7. ^ Thomas Mann, 6 brooches, 1993, mixed media, Gifts of E. Lloyd Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971-1986), SAAM 1997.71.1-6. https://americanart.si.edu/artist/thomas-mann-7291