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Bob Scriver (Robert Macfie Scriver, American, 1914 to 1999) Bob Scriver was a Montana native who was known for his Western and animal sculptures. He was a member of the Cowboy Artist of America and the National Academy of Western Art. In 1981 Winchester Arms Company commissioned him to do a rendition of the Winchester rider. The series set a new sales record for contemporary sculptures. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., November 2007. Ernest Tino Trova (American, 1927 to 2009) Ernest Tino Trova was born in Missouri and is known for his “Falling Man” series in abstract figural sculpture. His viewers are meant to see themselves as human beings challenged by a technological society, aware of their own mortality. He is known for his advanced use of technology in his work. Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc., September, 2007. Carol Miller (American, born 1933) Carol Miller has been producing her trademark sculptures in bronze for over 40 years. Moving to Mexico from her native Los Angeles in the early 1950′s, she enjoyed a career as a journalist when an interview with the late Mexican sculptress Charlotte Yazbek for Life magazine changed her life. At Yazbek’s encouragement, Miller launched herself into the sculpting world (with the use of Yazbek’s own tools) and has enjoyed [...] Click here to continue reading. Hermon Atkins MacNeil (American, 1866 to 1947) Hermon Atkins MacNeil was born in Massachusetts and educated at the Normal Art School in Boston. His studies in Paris and Rome brought him recognition in both European and American exhibitions, including the Paris Salons, the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, MacNeil taught and worked in Chicago where he began depicting his best known subjects, Native Americans, inspired [...] Click here to continue reading. Dennis P. Anderson (American, Missouri, 1940 to 2005) Dennis P. Anderson grew up in Washington state and spent years exploring the rich wilderness of the region where he became fascinated with large animals. Over the years he developed skills as a wildlife artist and attended the Santa Barbara City College and the Art Center college of Design in Pasadena, California. Anderson was most widely recognized as a sculptor, but was also an accomplished painter [...] Click here to continue reading. David Cargill (American, born 1928) David Cargill has been a fixture in the American sculpting community, particularly in Texas, for over five decades. His work can be seen at Lamar University in Beaumont in the bust of Mirabeau B. Lamar and large outdoor installations such as at the Beaumont Public Library. Information courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries, October 2007. Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861 to 1944) Cyrus Edwin Dallin was a Utah sculptor, born in a log cabin, the son of pioneers. He is known for his sympathetic portraits and equestrian figures of Native Americans, for his statue of Paul Revere in Boston and for the sculpture of the angel Moroni that crowns the Salt Lake city Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Information courtesy of Rago [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry Francois Farny (American, 1847 to 1916) Of all of the artists who portrayed American Indians in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Henry Farny holds a unique place. He chose to chronicle the quieter moments of life on the high plains and mountains of the American West. While other artists focused on the high drama and adventure of conflicts between Native Americans and encroaching settlers, Farny most often presented a counterpoint to [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis McClellan Potter, (American, 1873 to 1912) Louis McClellan Potter was born in New York. He studied in France, where he developed an interest in ethnography, traveling to North Africa. The Bey of Tunis chose Potter’s sculptures of Bedouin tribesmen to represent Tunisia at the Exposition Universelle de 1900 in Paris. In the United States he turned his talents to the portrayal of Native Americans. His sculpture received a posthumous exhibition at the New [...] Click here to continue reading. Katharine Ward Lane Weems (American, 1899 to 1989) Katherine Lane Weems sleek and abstracted animals capture the character and grace of her subjects. the streamlined forms and fluid lines reflect the Art Deco aesthetic of her time. She studied at the Boston Museum School with Charles Grafly but was also greatly influenced by fellow female sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her work can be seen at the New England Aquarium, a fountain at Boston’s esplanade [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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