Artist

Max Krimmel

born Bellefonte, PA 1948
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Courtesy Max Krimmel
Born
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States
Active in
  • Nederland, Colorado, United States
Biography

Max Krimmel has been fascinated all his life with the way things are made. When he became interested in learning to play the guitar, he quickly figured out how to build one, and between 1965 and 1982, built 167 instruments that have been collected by American music stars. A friend once asked Krimmel to store a wood lathe for him, and when the artist tried making a few bowls for Christmas gifts, he was hooked. He began turning alabaster on the lathe after seeing an exhibition of the technique, and has produced more in stone than in any medium since.

Works by this artist (22 items)

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Eddie Arning, Birds, 1969, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.163
Birds
Artist
Date1969
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings, 1970, oil pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.7
Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings
Artist
Date1970
oil pastel on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Soldiers, ca. 1968, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.9
Two Soldiers
Artist
Dateca. 1968
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Houses, 1967, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.2
Two Houses
Artist
Date1967
crayon on paper
Not on view