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White Swimmer - Modern Unique Handmade Glazed Ceramics Sculpture , Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed below, inside
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics press, large format murals, sculpture and painting.
In all these areas, in addition to artistic workshop, the most important thing is his message of the work, the message contained therein.
He believe that "art" is one of many languages (perhaps even more sophisticated than others) that humanity learned to lead the discourse at a level different than just verbal.
He indentify with the principle "if you have nothing to say - be quiet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Laocoön and his Sons, an exceptional bronze sculpture by Giacomo Zoffoli
Located in PARIS, FR
This exceptional bronze group (unpublished), executed in Rome in the second half of the 18th century, bears witness to the fascination with the Laocoön since its discovery on January...
Category
1770s Renaissance Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eve in Prapadasana, Hand built Porcelain Bowl
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eve in Prapadasana, 2019 by Alex Hodge
From the series Porcelain Plates Collection
Hand built Porcelain Bowl with Sgraffito Detailing
8 x 8.5 x 3.5 inches
Unique
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women, not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qualities of art-making, Hodge weaves stories into the clay that are both personal and universal.
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Alex Hodge was always drawn to the arts and regularly channeled her creativity as a child whether in watercolor classes or scrapbooking with her mother. Hodge focuses on prioritizing women’s narratives in all aspects of her work. Through the decorative and symbolic details, she hints at narratives without completing them to invite the viewer to participate in creating meaning. The women she...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Fleur – Charlotte by Nando Kallweit. Bronze sculpture, Edition of 50
Located in Coltishall, GB
Fleur – Charlotte is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Inspired by the the legend of the phoenix, this female figure has graceful wings instead of arms. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Winged David (Bronze), ex. Daniel Glaser Estate (New Orleans)
By Michelangelo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A tabletop-sized solid bronze casting of Michelangelo's "Winged David", on a solid marble base. You can see his giant-killer sling "slung" over his shoulder. Fine detail. This came out of a collection of neoclassical grand tour souvenirs, owned by collector Daniel Glaser of New Orleans, Louisiana (from his estate). Back in the day, wealthy travelers in Europe often purchased sculptures and other mementos of the sites they visited. We have several other pieces from this collection in addition to this, including "Discobolus" and a fine gladiator with lance. Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seane #II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Sean II is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Melancholy Remedy, Hand built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Melancholy Remedy, 2023 by Alex Hodge
From the series Behind Closed Doors
Hand-built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfers
8.25 x 8.25 x 0.25 inches
Unique
In this new series of wall plates, Behind Closed Doors, I reimagine source imagery from a book titled In Praise of the Backside. The book’s collection features women from behind, as captured most often by men, frequently untitled and anonymous. In my reinterpretation of these images, the women transcend their status as objects of line and shade, to become subjects with emotion, thought, and a place of belonging.
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Alex Hodge was always drawn to the arts and regularly channeled her creativity as a child whether in watercolor classes or scrapbooking with her mother. Hodge focuses on prioritizing women’s narratives in all aspects of her work. Through the decorative and symbolic details, she hints at narratives without completing them to invite the viewer to participate in creating meaning. The women she...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Dye Transfer, Porcelain
Dreaming in Technicolor, Hand built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dreaming in Technicolor, 2023 by Alex Hodge
From the series Behind Closed Doors
Hand-built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfers
8.25 x 8.25 x 0.25 inches
Unique
In this new series of wall plates, Behind Closed Doors, I reimagine source imagery from a book titled In Praise of the Backside. The book’s collection features women from behind, as captured most often by men, frequently untitled and anonymous. In my reinterpretation of these images, the women transcend their status as objects of line and shade, to become subjects with emotion, thought, and a place of belonging.
____________
Alex Hodge was always drawn to the arts and regularly channeled her creativity as a child whether in watercolor classes or scrapbooking with her mother. Hodge focuses on prioritizing women’s narratives in all aspects of her work. Through the decorative and symbolic details, she hints at narratives without completing them to invite the viewer to participate in creating meaning. The women she...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Dye Transfer, Porcelain
Sharks in the Water, Hand built sculpture plate with sgraffito
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sharks in the Water, 2023 by Alex Hodge
From the series Behind Closed Doors
Hand-built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfers
6 x 8.5 x 0.25 inches
Unique
In this new series of...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Dye Transfer, Porcelain
Lemon Swimmer - Contemporary Handmade Glazed Ceramics Sculpture , Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed below, inside
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Seeking Solace Portrait, Hand built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Seeking Solace, 2023 by Alex Hodge
From the series Behind Closed Doors
Hand-built plate with sgraffito and collaged transfers
9.5 x 6 x 0.25 inches
Unique
In this new series of wall...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Dye Transfer, Porcelain
Poopy Pants (Stop Being Poor) by Joan Cornelia
Located in London, GB
Vinyl sculpture, as new condition. Sold in original publisher box and packaging, as issued.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Women figure. I 2013, porcelain, h 17, 5 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Women figure. I
2013, porcelain, h 17,5 cm
by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia
''Women Figure" in porcelain is a small-scale sculpture that emb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lady Vase
Located in Somerset West, WC
Lady Vase is a limited edition bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marge Simpson, Bronze Statue: 'Venus de Margo'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
The most extraordinary relics discovered by Joshua Goode and the Aurora-Rhoman Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics during recent archaeological expeditions. The first eviden...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Bronze Figure
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture by Betty Jacob depicts a smooth and curvaceous gilt bronze figure posing on her knees.
Signed high on the left thigh and mounted on a blac...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Dancers
Located in Santa Fe, NM
"A beautiful work, full of Hebald's lyrical expression."
To my knowledge, as the representative for the life works of Milton Hebald, (and through extensive research over the past 20...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of Apollo Belvedere Grand Tour 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Superb 19th century bronze and gilt bronze bust of the god Belvedere Apollo. Circa 1850. This wonderful grand tour bust is a marvel of refined beauty and elegance, crafted with richl...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lena by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 25
Located in Coltishall, GB
Lena by Nando Kallweit
Elegant bronze sculpture of the female figure
Edition of 25
Dimensions: 20cm x 4cm x 5cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trisha I - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Hera - Graceful Modern Figurative Bronze Sculpture - Original Art and Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Kneeling Female Nude, Bronze By Mario Korbel
Located in Norwood, NJ
Joseph Mario Korbel (Czech/American, 1882-1954). Period fine example bronze, dark brown patina, modeled as a nude female kneeling and tying her sandal, raised on a stepped black marb...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Au Bain Marie Bronze Sculpture Bathing with Marie Bath Tub Woman Nude In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Au Bain Marie Bronze Sculpture Bathing with Marie Bath Tub Woman Nude In Stock
Dirk De Keyzer (born december 19, 1958)
1978-1985 education Koninklijke ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Replica of Wilhelm Lehmbruck's Kneeling Woman
Located in Troy, NY
This sculpture is a small replica of Wilhelm Lehmbuck's Kneeling Woman. The original sculpture is much larger at around 69.5 x 56 x 27", currently at th...
Category
1960s Expressionist Nude Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Contemporary Spanish Artist, Sculpture La Venus by Demo 2022
Located in BARCELONA, ES
OPEN EDITION. LA VENUS. CERTIFICADO DE AUTENTICIDAD. SIGNED.
Eladio de Mora-Granados, dEmo, is one of the most original creators on the Spanish art scene. Born in Mora, Toledo, in 1...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
An acrobat. Bronze figurative sculpture, Nude, Dynamic Composition, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture on a marble base made by Polish artist Ryszard Piotrowski. The artwork depicts human figure in an acrobatic pose. It is very dynamic. The surface is tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
In the late 1920s, Joseph Freedlander was asked by the City of New York ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amanda I - One-of-a-kind Original Female Abstract Nude Cubism Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Early 20th C Alabaster Sculpture of a Seated Female Bather.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Early 20th C Italian Art Nouveau Alabaster Sculpture of a young female bather. Bather is seated on a stone with arms crossed in a mode...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Nude Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Bust of a Man - Sculpture after Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a man is an original sculpture in bronze realized after Aurelio Mistruzzi in the late 1990s.
Bronze casting.
18 cm height, 24 cm height with wooden base.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Muse of Dance, Early 20th century French bronze sculpture of woman
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Armand Bardery (French, 1879-1952)
Muse of Dance
Bronze with green and brown patination
Signed and stamped with foundry mark
18 x 6 inches
Louis Armand Bardery was a student o...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Morning 2008, painted porcelain bowl, 30х27.5х12 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning 2008, painted porcelain bowl, 30х27.5х12 cm
''Morning'' is a visually striking piece of art, combining intricate hand-painted details, a nude female figure, and the bloomin...
Category
Early 2000s Modern More Art
Materials
Porcelain
Women figure on a pedestal Porcelain, silver, h 20 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Women figure on a pedestal
Porcelain, silver, h 20 cm
by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia
The "Women Figure on a Pedestal" is a decorative art p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Satyr from a Padovan model
Located in London, GB
(Possibly after) THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA (ITALIAN, 1465-1543)
Satyr from a Padovan model
18th/early 19th Century
bronze
21 x 14 x 16 cm (8¼...
Category
Early 19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Raul Valdivieso Latin American Erotic Ceramic Sculpture, 1960s
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind ceramic sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of classic organic forms and human figures. Sculpture retains the original wood and black laminate base with metal cage. Ceramic is in good original condition. Laminate is in poor condition with a few chips.
Raúl Valdiveso was born September 9, 1931 in Santiago, Chile. In 1952 he began his studies at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Chile. There he took to sculpture and studied under professors like Marta Colvin...
Category
1960s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Susi Con Cavallo - Horse and Female Figure One-of-a-kind Cubist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
José - One-of-a-kind Male Cubist Sitting Figure Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Water 2009, painted porcelain plate, 39х19х2.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Water 2009, painted porcelain plate, 39х19х2.5 cm
Water is a captivating and evocative painted porcelain plate. It combines artistic craftsmanship, a romantic theme, and the allure ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist More Art
Materials
Porcelain
Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are given with the base
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marbl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions are given with the base
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marbl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ian Edwards - Creation of Self - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born of Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 30 x 32 x 32 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeavour. He
draws inspiration from natural forces, with his powerful masculine figures often
bearing the surface texture of time enduring landscapes. Edwards uses this external
inspiration to explore very internal themes of fortitude and self-discovery.
Edwards’ sensitive hand as a sculptor incorporates classical ideas about the
sculpting process. In both Self Made Man and Creation of Self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude - 21st Century, Contemporary Brass Figurative Sculpture, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Dimensions include the base
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Yara by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Yara is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Sunset Over The Lake", unique figurative sculpture ceramic, painting, landscape
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original cobination of a classical sculpture with a painting.
The sculpture has one of a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Light relief. Hug Lithophane, bone porcelain, diam. 31 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Light relief. Hug
Litofany, bone porcelain, diam. 31 cm
Lithophane is a technique where an image is created by manipulating the varying degrees of translucency in porcelain. This c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chanson d'Amour
Located in Boston, MA
Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Chanson d'Amour, 1986. Bronze, 15 1/2 inch height.
Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina, as well as Pewter patina on instrument. Number 1 in an...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neile - Graceful Female Figure Modern Cubist Solid Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - The Hour of Darkness - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 40 x 31 x 31 cm
Edition of 8
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing ballerina
Located in Sempach, LU
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptur...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Colonial West African Baule Baoule Figure Sculpture Woman wearing loincloth
Located in Norwich, GB
An elegant African sculpture from the West African Baoulé or Baule people, depicting a young woman wearing a loincloth. Smooth black lightly worn patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Valentina by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Valentina is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Belle Epoque Novelle
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
HAIG PATIGIAN (American/Armenian, 1876-1950)
Aeronautics Pediments
Two Plaster Casts, c. 1930s
each 13.25 x 14.75 x 6 inches
It's possible these moquettes were created for the 1939 World's Fair, the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco.
Provenance: Private Collection of Lois M. Wright, Author of "A Catalogue of the Life Works of Haig Patigian, San Francisco Sculptor, 1876-1950),” 1967
Loan to Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA)
BIO
Haig Patigian is noted for his classical works, which are especially numerous in public venues in San Francisco, California. Patigian was born in Van, Armenia, which at that time was under Turkish rule. Haig was the son of Avedis and Marine Patigian, both teachers in the American Mission School there. He and his older brother showed an aptitude for art early on and were encouraged by their parents. Their father himself had taken up the new hobby of photography. The 1880s were harsh times, however, for many Armenians under an oppressive rule by the Turkish government. Many people were fleeing to the safety of the United States. Suspicious Turkish authorities accused his father of photographing city structures for the Russian government, and in 1888 he fled for his life to America.
Haigs father made his way to Fresno, California, and began life anew as a ranch hand. Within two years he sent for his wife, as well as Haig, his three sisters and brother, and in 1891 the Patigians made the journey from Armenia. Haigs father, an industrious man, worked on various farms, and eventually bought his own ranch and vineyard. It was among fertile farmland of Fresno that Haig grew up.
Young Haigs education consisted of teachings by his parents and by intermittent attendance in public schools. Although he had dreams of becoming an artist, he did not have the opportunity for formal study of art, and began working long days in the vineyards around Fresno.
At age seventeen, Haig made a step towards his dreams and apprenticed himself to learn the trade of sign painting. In his spare time he nurtured his interest in art by painting nature and life scenes with watercolors and oil paints. When his sign-painting mentor left Fresno, Haig opened his own shop and made a name for himself in the town. San Francisco, in the meantime, had been attracting artists since the Gold Rush and had become a thriving art center. Within a few years, Haig had put aside several hundred dollars to move to San Francisco, joining his brother who was already working there as an illustrator.
In 1899, when he was twenty-three, Haig had saved enough money to enroll at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco. Like many aspiring artists of his time, Patigian supported himself by working as a staff artist in the art department of a local newspaper, and in the winter of 1900, nearing his 24th birthday, Haig began work for the San Francisco Bulletin, producing cartoons, black and white illustrations, as well as watercolors.
In 1902 tragedy struck Haig and his family. His 29-year-old brother died of pneumonia, and then his frail mother died a short time later. Five months more saw his youngest sister, just out of high school, die too. Saddened and depressed, Haig moved out of the studio he had shared with his brother, and into a dilapidated studio in a poor section of town. During this time of sadness, Haig fed a growing interest in sculpture.
In 1904 Haig created what he later called his "first finished piece in sculpture". The work, called "The Unquiet Soul", depicted a man thrown back against a rock while waves lash at his feet. The body was tense and twisted, with one hand, in Haig's own words, "searchingly leaning and clutching the rock, while the other masks his troubled head".
The Press Club of San Francisco, which Haig had joined in 1901, put "The Unquiet Soul" on exhibition and local headlines proclaimed "Local Newspaper Artist Embraces Sculptor's Art", and "First Work Predicts Brilliant Future". With the support of friends and community acclaim, the young illustrator left his newspaper job and became a professional sculptor.
The path of his new career was not easy though. Haig had never made much money working for the newspaper and his father needed help with growing debt from funeral expenses and business problems. From time to time Haig sold some artwork, but also occasionally borrowed from friends to pay the rent. He was the classic 'starving artist'.
In the spring of 1905 a white-bearded 81-year-old stranger knocked on Haig's door. It was George Zehndner, from Arcata, California. Zehndner had been born in Bavaria, Germany in 1824, the son of a farmer. In 1849 he had come to America looking for prosperity, settling in Indiana, where he worked on a farm and learned English. He found his way to the West Coast in 1852. Penniless, he worked in various jobs from San Francisco to Sacramento, then found some luck working in the gold fields of Weaverville in Trinity County, and eventually moving to a farm on 188 acres near Arcata. In his 77th year in May of 1901, Zahndner had taken a trip to San Jose, where he stood in a crowd to see a man he thought much of, President William McKinley. McKinley was popular as 'the first modern president' partially because he realized going out to meet the common person increased his support. In September of that year, however, an anarchist assassinated the president while he stood in a receiving line at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. Soon after, the city of San Jose erected a statue of the slain president in St. James Park. Zehndner took a second trip to San Jose where he visited the McKinley monument. Touched, Zehndner decided that, no matter the cost, his town of Arcata too would memorialize McKinley.
George Zehndner had read about Haig in a newspaper article and asked if Patigian would create a heroic statue of the late President McKinley for Arcata. When asked how much it would cost, Haig responded, despite his borderline poverty, with the fabulous sum of $15,000. Zehndner agreed. The President was to be portrayed standing, wearing an overcoat, with his feet planted squarely on the ground. In the finished statue, one hand is held out before him in a typical posture of speaking, with the other hand holding the speech as his side. The 9-foot statue...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Big fish Nili Pincas Contemporary art sculpture terracotta pastel naive Jonas
Located in Paris, FR
Unique terracotta sculpture
Hand-signed by the artist
Nili PINCAS was born in 1942 in Tel Aviv, in Israel.
She studied at the Avni Art Institute of Tel Aviv in Israël and at the Eco...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta