Ronald Mallory (June 17, 1932 – July 7, 2021) was an

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

who worked in New York City and Milan, Italy, and later lived in San Miguel de Allende

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. In the sixties, he was one of the foundational members of the kinetic art movement. In particular, his works involving mercury and acrylic have become icons, and are represented in many collections, including the

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in New York as well as most of the top museums and collections in the United States and globally. Mallory was a student of the late

Pol Bury Pol Bury (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francis ...

. He worked in many mediums, sculpture,

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and

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Ronald Mallory (1932 - 2021 )
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Personal life

Mallory was married to actress, model and author

Carole Mallory Carole Mallory is an American author, actress, former model, teacher and critic who appeared in the films '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' and ''The Stepford Wives''. She was the nine-year companion of writer Norman Mailer and kept notes and her writ ...

, from 1968 to 1971. Mallory died of natural causes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on July 7, 2021, at age 89.

References

External links

Website of Ronald Mallory
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