Norman Ives

• Name — Norman Seaton Ives • Born — 23 March 1923 • Birthplace — Panama Canal Zone • Died — 2 February 1978 • Place of death — New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. • Education — Wesleyan University, Yale University • Movement — Mid-Modernist • Spouse — Constance Taffinder • Children — 4

Norman Seaton Ives was born March 23, 1923, in the Panama Canal Zone, to parents Florence Nelson Ives and Capt. Norman Seaton Ives. His father was a career naval officer for the United States. He was married to Constance Taffinder, and they had four sons. Ives attended Wesleyan University (1950), and Yale University (1952). He studied under Josef Albers. After graduation in 1952, Ives joined the faculty at Yale University School of Art. By 1974, Ives was made a professor of graphic design at Yale. He worked as a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art in London, University of Hawai'i, and Rhode Island School of Design. He also did work as a mural painter for movie theaters in Milford, Connecticut. Ives-Sillman, Inc. was founded in 1958 by Ives and his co-worker and fellow professor at Yale University, Sewell Sillman. They first published, Josef Albers: Interaction of Color (1963). Other artist published included Walker Evans, Roy Lichtenstein, Piet Mondrian, Ad Reinhardt, Jean Dubuffet, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.

Norman Ives is recorded as painter, collagist, printmaker, designer and publisher.