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Henry Moore:

Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) is perhaps the most influential public sculptor of this century. Drawing on his studies of Classical, Pre-Columbian and African art, Moore created original and truly modern  sculptural forms. Abstractions of organic shapes were his primary motif. His seated, standing, and reclining figures comprise an enduring vocabulary  reflecting the universality of the human condition.

"The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration." ~ Henry Moore 
Click here for more Henry Moore quotes.

"In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture." ~ Henry Moore as quoted in Five British Sculptors (Work and Talk)  by Warren Forma, 1964.

Henry Moore Sculptors and artist index Mark Harden's Artchive

Henry Moore Foundation Comprehensive site-- with biography and works on view. See the macquette studio and chronology of work.

Henry Moore - Reclining Figure: Hand at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Henry Moore - Pre-Columbian Influence

Henry Moore Encarta ® Encyclopedia Article. Be sure to look at the photograph of Moore and the two sculpture images.

National Gallery of Art - Henry Moore Learn about Moore's works in the 20's, 30's, 40's and more. Listing of images from the exhibit.

Henry Moore - Woman in Shell Skirt Bronze sculpture at Galerie Rienzo.

Henry Moore - Alex Rosenberg Fine Art Sculpture and prints. Study how Moore has abstracted the human form.

Three Part Reclining Figure Site created by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College. Other works on this site by Moore include: The Archer, Hill Arches, Large Arch, Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, Locking Piece, Seated Woman (scroll to Henry Moore), and Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln CrossSee all of the works from the Hirshhorm Sculpture Gardens.

Hyde Park- Monuments - Nuclear Energy  This Henry Moore sculpture marks the spot where the nuclear age began.

Henry Moore Online Learn more about Henry Moore from any of the links listed by Artcyclopedia.

Henry More: A Life in Sculpture - video available.

Jean Arp:                                                          [top of page]

Jean Arp Mark Harden's Artchive . Bio and images.

Jean Arp- Idol - Mary Ann Sullivan's site (scroll down). See also Oriform

Jean Arp - Biography - Guggenheim Works in the collection.

Jean (Hans) Arp - images from Artnet.com - 3 pages.

Jean Arp Sculptures Images from Boston College collection.

Jean Arp Aquatique - Walker Art Center

Jean Arp at Kroller-Muller - photograph by Alan Blackwell

Jean Arp Knight Torso (scroll down to image) National Gallery of Art, Australia

Jean Arp Exhibition- Works at Masterworks Fine Art.

Jean Arp Online  Jean Arp Online  Artcyclopedia - Links to more information on Arp.

Homage to Jean Arp Homage to Jean Arp

Barbara Hepworth:                                          [top of page]

Barbara Hepworth- Artist Profile British Abstract Sculptor, 1903-1975. View her sculpture. Do compare the work of Moore and Hepworth. Why do you suppose the male sculptors got more attention than the female sculptors? 

New Art Centre Park  Polished Bronze works. See more work of  Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth - Mark Harden's Artchive

Barbara Hepworth Figure for Landscape - at the Hirshhorn.

Barbara Hepworth Online

Isamu Noguchi:                                                [top of page]

Quote: "Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture". ~ Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Excellent site with images of gardens, fountains, sculptures, playgrounds, monuments and theater sets. Biographical information, too. Japanese/American Sculptor, 1904-1988.

Biography- PBS American Masters: Isamu Noguchi

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan.

Isamu Naguchi Biography and images of lamps, sculptures and furniture designs. - four pages plus links. From Serial-Design.com.

Artcyclopedia - Isamu Noguchi Online Guide to pictures of works by Isamu Noguchi in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.

David Smith:                                                     [top of page]

David Smith Brief biography from the Guggenheim. Works in the collection.

David Smith American Sculptor, 1906-1965 - Works in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden (scroll down) Works in the National Gallery Sculpture Garden - images from Mary Ann Sullivan

David Smith Chronology - Thumbnails link to larger images. From David Smith Estate.

David Roland Smith (1906-1965) American Sculptor. Artcyclopedia

Cubi - Homage to David Smith Work by Tom Brewitz.

Alexander Calder (Additional Calder Links):       [top of page]

Alexander Calder Foundation Read about Calder's life a view his works. Works organized chronologically--click on the timeline.

Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) National Gallery of Art Virtual Tour- (needs QuickTime)

Alexander Calder Online - American Kinetic Artist, 1898-1976. Links from Artcyclopedia.

Charles Ginnevera American Sculptor, born in 1931

Charles Ginnevera - Artcyclopedia 

Charles Ginnevera - I. Wolk Galleries 

Charles Ginnevera Interesting planar sculpture - welded steel. Works to inspire student cardboard or foam core board sculptures.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Environmental Sculpture

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Christo and Jeanne-Claude Bulgarian/American Environmental Artist, Born 1935. This website features photos, information and history authorized by Christo & Jeanne-Claude. Lots of information.

Christo and Jeanne Claude Lecture at Stanford University Christo and Jeanne Claude Lecture at Stanford University Excellent site from Stanford University. Read essays by Christo and learn about his work. Click thumbnails for larger views. Additional Web links listed.

The Roving Eye: Christo and Charles Shultz The Roving Eye: Christo and Charles Shultz Magazine feature showing the relationship between Christo and Charles Schultz.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Gentle Disturbances Article featuring the work of Christo. Has small images.

Christo - Online Visit some additional museum sites featuring the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude - recommended by Artcyclopedia.

More Environmental Art:                               [top of page]

Andy Goldsworthy Landscapes of the Mind - Smithsonian article.

Andy Goldsworthy Online - Artcyclopedia

Lynne Hull's Environmental Installations: Creating Trans-species art and sculpture for wildlife. Read about eco-art and view the gallery. See her work from Wyoming to Kenya.

Patrick Dougherty Patrick Dougherty "Stick Works" allude to nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together. Many of his works look 'found' rather than made. 

Beth Galston - Environmental sculpture - leaf installations, outdoor sculpture and more. She builds architectural-scale environments based on her interest in light and the quality of space. Using delicate materials -- scrim, metal mesh, resin, shadows, plants. Collecting leaves, acorns, branches, and seed pods, she preserve them by making castings of their shapes or embedding them in translucent resin

Lucien den Arend See these environmental works and more. He works with various techniques and materials, not being bound to one specialization. Lucien den Arend Environments and Landscape Projects

Robert Smithson See Spiral Jetty and other Earthworks. Smithson is most well known for his provocative earthwork, the Spiral Jetty, made in 1970. He gained international recognition for his groundbreaking art which was not limited by genre or materials.

Earthworks - links to more sites - contemporary and ancient

Art-Review: Groeneveld Castle in Baarn Eleven artists have been invited by the Dutch Sculptors' Association to make installations either using natural material or reacting to nature. (click on picture to see all in the collection)

People's Sculpture Environmental sculpture plus public art. Sculpture and design studio based in Taipei, Taiwan and Berkeley, USA. The work of People's Sculpture seeks to create dialogues among people, culture, environment, and social and political events and to reflect the spirits of place and time.

More Sculpture Links:                                   [top of page]

Thinking Big: 21st Century British Sculpture Sculpture at Greenwood. Lots of ideas - macquettes and drawings to show your students, too

Grounds for Sculpture Click on Collections for images

Modern Sculpture Source of contemporary modern art and artists' quotes. Click on Sculpture.

Eduardo Chillida -Online Spanish Abstract Sculptor. Works viewable on the Internet--from Artcyclopedia.

Chris Diersen Contemporary sculptor from California Carved Plaster macquettes

Ralph Prata - Concrete relief sculptures - carved and cast. Hand painted mats add a striking frame. Abstract works inspired by music. Work shows influence from tribal cultures. New York artist.

Tomás Crespo Rivera - Sculptor from Spain. Abstract and figurative works.

Sarasota Season of Sculpture 22 abstract works. Sarasota, Florida.

Sam Spiczka Contemporary sculptor from Minnesota - wonderful abstract work.

Bruce Beasley Metal sculpture, cast acrylic, metal and wood, and bronze sculptures. Abstract forms yet Beasley has drawn his inspiration from natural structures, rather than the built environment. Science and the microscope have changed the modern artist's understanding of nature. From California.

Robert Kantor - Welded Steel and kinetic sculpture - Mobiles (see the maquettes). Idaho artist.

Stan Smokler Welded steel sculpture - many with found objects. Studios in New York and Pennsylvania.

Kenneth Snelson - concerned with nature in its primary aspect,
the patterns of physical forces in three dimensional space. Click on Structures to see how weaving and mathematics are very much a part of his work. Computer images too. From Oregon.

Kyle Van Lusk Works in bronze, iron and steel combined with stone. Outdoor sculpture is very geometric while his other sculptures have an organic feel as well. From North  Carolina - Lusk continues to create sculpture that reflects his mountain home.

Sculptor.org- Sculpture Links. Scroll down to choose sculptors by medium or by country and region.

Abstract Sculpture - Lesson Plans and Resources          

Abstract Sculptures Los Cerros Middle School - Bunki Kramer, instructor. Look for Picasso Faces - Sculptures

Abstract Sculptures
Sharon Kennedy, instructor. Lesson Plan

Abstract Sculptures - Mitchell Middle School - Renee Berge, instructor

Scrap Wood Sculpture - Elementary lesson from KinderArt.

Images of Me: An Inquiry Based Sculpture Unit features “moveable” reproductions of Chicana/o sculptures and four lesson plans. Secondary students reflect on their own identities and express those identities in sculptural form.

See For Yourself: Sculpture provides middle-school students and teachers with interactive learning experiences about sculpture and an introduction to select works of art from the collections of each institutions. Created by The Saint Louis Art Museum and Laumeier Sculpture Park

Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture, which consists of six units of study on contemporary sculpture. Collaboration by The International Sculpture Center, Grounds for Sculpture and Nottingham High School in Hamilton, New Jersey

Figurative Sculpture                             [top of page]

See Fine Art Dolls and Artists and Art Styles

Ed Hamilton - sculptor of historic African Americans. See monumental public works and mixed media sculptures in "From the Other Side". Site includes biography. From Kentucky.

Lawrence "Bud" Mayes - bronze castings - Western theme

 

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