The National Civic Art Society is proud to announce the appointment of Michael Curtis as the organization's Research Fellow. A sculptor, painter, historian, architectural designer, and poet, Curtis has taught and lectured at widely, including at The Institute of Classical Architecture, The Center for Creative Studies, and The National Gallery of Art. His pictures and statues are housed in over 400 private and public collections, including the Library of Congress, National Portrait Gallery, and U.S. Supreme Court.
Curtis has made statues and medals of presidents, generals, Supreme Court justices, captains of industry, and national heroes, including Davey Crockett, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Justice Thurgood Marshall. Curtis' History of Texas, located at the Texas Rangers ballpark in Arlington, Texas, is the largest American frieze of the 20th century.
Curtis' plays, essays, verse, and translations have been published in over 30 journals. His most recent nonfiction books include The Classical Architecture and Monuments of Washington, D.C. You can find information on some of his other books at the Studio Press.
Curtis studied classical architecture at the University of Michigan, and painting, sculpture, and engraving at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, Italy.
Michael Curtis with bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall