Herbert Kallem Philadelphia artist abstract bronze horse & rider

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Herbert Kallem Philadelphia artist abstract bronze horse & rider

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A very nice signed Herbert Kallem Bronze mounted on wood of a horse on a rider. I would date it to the 1960's stylistically. The artist lived from 1904-1994. It is an nice example of the artist's work and is signed in two places on the base pictured.
A couple of biographies from askart follow;

Born in Philadelphia, Herbert Kallem spent most of his career in New York City where he was active as a sculptor and art teacher at the School of Visual Arts and New York University. He studied at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, and the Hans Hofmann School. Exhibition venues included the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Carnegie Institute.

He was a member of the Sculptors Guild, which he served as President from 1974 to 1976.

Source:
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"

Biography from Butler's Fine Art:

Herbert Kallem, sculptor and teacher, was born 1909 in Philadelphia. Later he lived in New York City, East Hampton, NY, and Monhegan Island, Maine, where he was an important memher of the Post World War II New York artists who summered at the artist colony there. His father, Morris Kallem, was a portrait painter, and his brother, Henry Kallem, was also a noted artist of his time.

Herbert Kallem studied at the National Academy of Design, The Pratt Institute, and The Hans Hoffman School of Fine Art. He was President of The Sculptors Guild from 1974-76, and a member of The American Abstract Artists, The Audubon Society, and The American Federation of Arts. Kallem shared a studio on 28th Street in NYC with artist and actor, Zero Mostel, where a group of artists calling themselves "The 28th Street Gang" focused their New York community.

Herbert Kallem had exhibitions at The Whitney Museum Of American Art and The Carnegie Institute, and with The American Abstract Artists Group in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Rome, Tokyo and Copenhagen. He was head of the Foundation Day and Evening Sculpture Department at New York University and at The School of Visual Arts in NYC for many years.

His work is in the collections of The Whitney Museum; The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford, CT; The Loeb Collection, New York University; The Smithsonian Institution; The Newark, NJ Museum; The Hofstra University Museum Sculpture Garden; and The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska, among others.

He died in 1994.

Dimensions:
Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Wood
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960's
Condition:
Bronze is dusty estate found condition, wood has some nicks the worst f which are pictured.
Seller Location:
Palm Springs, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: U10110183501262