Fred Klingelhofer

Bad Moon Ascending, Abstract Steel Sculpture, 2020

2020

Artist Commentary: Currently being shown on the Sedgewood Club golf course. The Sedgewood Club is a warm community in the Hudson Valley of NYS. Many NY families have multiple genera...

Artist Commentary: Falling Leaves is made up of five separate pieces in varying sizes. From largest to smallest: (1) 5.5” H x 5.5” L x 4’ W (2)5”Hx5”Lx4’ W (3) 4” H x 4” 3’ Ft L x 4...

Artist Commentary: The piece was originally commissioned by a son for his mother. Her property in Mont Tremlant, Canada was an ideal setting for this piece. Truly a piece of sculpt...

Artist Commentary: This sculpture has always been dear to me. The original was made while I was still in college. This one was reproduced for an exhibition last year. I still hope...

Artist Commentary: I constructed this piece from the setters I used to fire the ceramic pieces of another sculpture along with some of the glaze test tiles. When I saw these "scraps" sitting together there was a visual harmony that suggested a new use for them. Keywords: abstract, welded metal, Artist Biography: Fred Klingelhofer, a primarily self-taught artist, grew up in a Chicago south side neighborhood. He received a BS degree in physics from Roosevelt University and worked as an engineer for 30 years. During those years he enrolled in art workshops and classes at a nearby community college completing courses in figure drawing, 2D and 3D design, ceramics, sculpting the figure, welding and metal sculpture. His focus has been on creating sculpture since 2006. Fred has exhibited his sculpture in a number of group exhibitions with Chicago Sculpture International, Art Prize (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Sculpture in the Park (St Charles, Illinois), Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls...

Artist Commentary: I was always more interested in Donald Judd's writing and ideas of what sculpture can be rather than his sculpture. There's a richness to his materials but the for...

slate/pigmented and sealed steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. O...

slate, pigmented and sealed steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. ...

RECLINING FIGURE, John Van Alstine. This sculpture will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

riverstone, pigmented and sealed steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major fo...

Riverstone, pigmented and sealed steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major fo...

Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...