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George Warren Rickey (1907 to 2002)
George Rickey was born in South Bend, Indiana, and as a child moved to Scotland with his family. He returned to America in 1930, where he taught at The Groton School in Massachusetts and at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After studying engineering while serving in the Army, Rickey began to work in sculpture.
Like Alexander Calder, Rickey created kinetic sculpture; movable works of art. Rickey’s graceful structures [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frederic Sackrider Remington, Artist of the American West (1861-1909)
Sculptor, artist, and adventure writer Frederic Remington, was born in Canton, New York in 1861. Remington is famous for his realistic and exciting paintings and bronze sculptures of the American West. He first became fascinated by the West after he left home as a young man. Like many young men, he headed out West to find an exciting career and a new life, but he [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Ralph Raby Collection
Ralph Raby is a direct descendant of the Chicago retail shoe magnates George and Joseph Bullock. The Bullocks were typical upper-class Victorians, with a sophisticated eye for fine furniture, art and decorations who traveled extensively throughout Europe. The majority of the Raby collection was assembled by the brothers and their wives in the 1870′s and 1880′s.
Their travels and philosophy were described by Mr. Raby for a 1984 Chicago Tribune [...] Click here to continue reading.
Katya Apekina
Katya Apekina was born in 1959, Moscow, USSR. She received Master of Ceramic Arts degree from Stroganoff School of Applied Arts in 1983. Apekina and her family currently reside in the United States. Her work, always bright, radiant, and hopeful, presents her artistic view of Jewish life, past and present.
“I enjoy doing ceramics because it is a synthetic art – it combines form, color, texture and adds an unexpected component of [...] Click here to continue reading.
Benjamin Perley Poore
Benjamin Perley Poore (1820 to 1887) was a significant early collector of American antiques. A writer by trade, Poore was born near Newbury, Massachusetts to parents Benjamin and Mary Perley Poore. The family estate called Indian Hill became the showcase for his eclectic assemblage of antiques.
As a youth Poore was influenced by trips to Europe and was especially fascinated by the old Scottish castles and manor houses. He later sought [...] Click here to continue reading.
Arnaldo Pomodoro (Italian, born 1926)
In 1963, the year he produced Piccolo Sfera, the self taught Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro won a major prize at the Sao Paolo Biennial for his highly polished cast bronze spheres whose surfaces he gouges out and scars. The Brazilian award was followed by a top prize at the Venice Biennale a year later, which secured his reputation as an important new talent.
Pomodoro, whose name means “golden apple,” [...] Click here to continue reading.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 to 1973)
While Picasso is most famous for his paintings and sculptures, his work with ceramics was just as imaginative and ambitious. He began working with clay in 1947 and spent most of his vacations for the next 25 years working at the Madoura Pottery workshop in Vallauris, France. He was prolific in his ceramic work, creating editions of his ceramics, just as he did with prints, still using [...] Click here to continue reading.
A. J. Obara, Jr.
A Unionville, Pennsylvania, sculptor specializing in wildlife bronzes, Obara’s work is collected by Paul Newman and the Prince of Wales. It is part of the White House collection, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Delaware Museum of Natural History. His work was the first bronze sculpture to be put into space as part of the Discovery Launch by NASA in 1985.
James Nathan Muir (born 1945)
James Muir has built upon his fame as America’s foremost historical military sculptor to create an ever-expanding array of artistic commentary on the human social, political, and spiritual condition to exemplify the highest qualities of man.
Unlike many artists, James Nathan Muir, came to his vocation relatively late in life, in a manner which seems to have been a series of fated coincidences. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, his [...] Click here to continue reading.
Henry Moore (British, 1898 to 1986)
Henry Moore, born in Yorkshire in 1898 to a coal-mining family, would eventually become one of the most celebrated artists of his time. After fighting in the First World War, he returned to study at the Leeds School of Art in his early twenties and later taught at the Royal College of Art in London. While his work was highly criticized for much of the next two decades, [...] Click here to continue reading.
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