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Carlton
Abbott
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| Carlton
Abbott was born in Salem, Virginia, and spent most of his
boyhood in the Shenandoah Valley and Tidewater. After attending the
School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he received
a B.A. degree in l963, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau,
France. He is currently working in Williamsburg as an artist, land
planner, and architect.
He has had over 28 one-man shows of his work. The volume of his accomplishments is unusual. He has been granted 78 awards for his architectural accomplishments, including three special recognition awards from the America Society of Landscape Architects. The most recent special award being the 1995 Fitz-Gibbon Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a Virginia-based architecture firm. This award recognizes a firm that has consistently produced distinguished architecture over a period of at least ten years. His graphic designs and renderings have been displayed in more than a hundred exhibitions and have received over 65 awards of merit. He has delivered lectures to universities, museums, and special interest groups throughout the United States and, in l977, was honored with an appointment as Visiting Professor of Design at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. Mr. Abbott's expertise has been expressed in a wealth of applications
encompassing urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture,
sculpture, and graphic arts. As a master of many medias, he has innovated
techniques in the use and application of pastel, pencil, ink, watercolor,
and mixed media. In l983, he was elected to the College of Fellows
of the American Institute of Architects. |
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