Tole and iron painted floral urns

A very nice signed stone sculpture by the noted NJ artist Fred Schumm. The following article was written about him in 2007. He passed away at 85 in 2010. Share A U.S. Marine in World War II, sculptor Fred Schumm has dedicated his life to art and finds inspiration everywhere. Fred Schumm, artist-in-residence November 29, 2007. Fred Schumm does not view life through rose-colored glasses. He doesn't have to. Schumm, Rowan University's artist-in-residence, is a former U.S. Marine who lived through some of the most horrific battles of World War II. He served at Peleliu -- two months of carnage on a tiny Pacific atoll where 12,000 perished - and then four long months on the bloodied isle of Okinawa. Since then, Schumm, 82, has mostly tried to see life's beauty. It's sort of like how sunlight, warm but ordinary to the naked eye, is refracted into myriad, impossibly beautiful combinations of color when viewed through a kaleidoscope. And, like sunlight, he finds art everywhere. "Inspiration is all around but mostly I'm inspired by the ancients," Schumm said recently. "I love Prehistoric African carvings, the works of ancient Greeks, Japanese and Chinese. I especially love Eskimo work." The celebrated sculptor loves Eskimo work so much he once hitchhiked from his home state of Colorado to Alaska just to see native carvings. "I wanted to see the TOTEM poles," he said. "The Alaskan Indians were fantastic artists." Schumm, artist-in-residence since 2003, works with various hardwoods, stone, even metals. A studio in which he works at Westby Hall has pieces in various stages of completion, from an eight-foot-tall, stainless steel sculpture he calls "Aviary" to a solid, six-foot log of black...

A wonderful set of 8 hand painted dining chairs with lovely needlepoint cushion seats in a floral pattern. There are 2 arm chairs and 6 side chairs. The paint is chipping all over to...

A lovely set of 4 iron and leather stools likely designed by Ilana Goor the noted Israeli designer. beautifully stitched detail. In good original age ...

Stunning pair of massive “Hand” vases by Pols Potten of The Netherlands. Marked PP Global from Holland on a sticker. These appear to be hand thrown with ribbing up the pieces. Beauti...

A truly whimsical and wonderful piece of Italian Majolica that is incredibly well crafted. It is incised and appears almost enameled. It is signed or inscribed by the artist on the b...

A beautiful and unusual example of an acid etched table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne. This diminutive beauty has a floral motif and beautiful patina. I...

Pair of English figural cast iron and painted campana-form urns with an intertwined floral and medallion frieze, flanking figural double side handles, gadrooned motif, and terminatin...

American cast iron and powder-coated campana garden urn with a triangular floral molded edge, flanking acanthus scrolled side handles, circular med...

2 similar cast style garden urns with gadrooned edge, fluted body on pedestal base with alligatored remnants of old paint. Keyword: planters.

19th century Spanish cast iron painted garden urn planter with goat heads.

Pair of neoclassical black and gold classical cast iron urns. Spectacular pair with bow, garland and medallion decoration. Perfect to dress up a garden or indoors as planters.

Pair of American cast iron and painted campana-form floral garden urns with an incised molded edge, flanking acanthus side handles, and resting on de...