Sewell Sillman was born in October 24, 1924 in
Savannah,
Georgia. He attended
Black Mountain College, studying under
Josef Albers. Sillman had many notable students including
Bruce Helander,
Newton Harrison,
Howardena Pindell, as well as others. Sillman's lessons often focused on
color theory. Ives-Sillman, Inc. was founded in 1958 by Sillman and his co-worker and fellow professor at Yale University, Norman Seaton Ives. 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. == References ==