Sentences with phrase «great sculptor»

Australian actor plays one of 20th century's greatest sculptors in British film made with close involvement of artist's estate

Japan's Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture has been given annually since 1989 to recognizably great sculptors like Eduardo Chillida, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Louise Bourgeois, Niki de Saint Phalle — often at the end of a long and productive life - producing, well, sculpture.

Each of the shortlisted artists was asked to exhibit their work, some of it new, some of it not, but the prize — named after Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain's greatest sculptors who was born and brought up in Wakefield — was then judged on the artists» wider work.

One of Britain's greatest sculptors ever.

Listed in the litany of great sculptors listed during the event (including Henry Moore, Jean Arp, Brancusi, Giacometti, etc) were the «social sculptors» Joseph Beuys and Rick Lowe.

Moore Rodin, which opens at The Henry Moore Foundation later this week, pairs Moore's sculpture with the work of a much older Great Sculptor, while Francis Bacon / Henry Moore at the Ashmolean this autumn introduces a strikingly different yet equally intriguing pairing.

«As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Henry Moore Foundation, we are delighted to launch this unique collaboration with Burberry, which shows one of art history's greatest sculptors in an intriguing new light,» said Godfrey Worsdale, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation.

Cast Your Belly: You don't have to be a great sculptor to create a cast of your belly for eternity.

Learn about Michelangelo, one of the world's greatest sculptor and painter, with this reader's theater script!

And there may not have been a greater sculptor than Alexander Phimister Proctor to deal with this uniquely American subject.

Timed to coincide with the centenary of his passing and international recognition as the greatest sculptor of modernism, this exhibition features seventeen contemporary sculptors whose work is in dialogue with and perhaps even indebted to the great French master.

Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece, British Museum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A game - changing exhibition illuminates the great sculptor and his links to antiquity.

Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée Rodin in Paris, this exhibition will feature more than 200 works by the greatest sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Auguste Rodin.

Named for one of Baltimore's great sculptors and arts patrons, the gallery is located on our second floor and presents an array of exhibitions and installations which rotate frequently to allow access to as many artists as possible.

Join Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator and Manager, Statewide Programs and Exhibitions as he explores the life and work of Auguste Rodin, the greatest sculptor of the 19th and -LSB-...]

Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Musée Rodin in Paris, this exhibition will feature over 200 works by the greatest sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Auguste Rodin.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, she's very interested in Picasso, one of the great sculptor / painters.

Praised as «the greatest sculptor of his generation», Anthony Caro and his ground - breaking career are being celebrated by the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle.

They show this great sculptor in all her stupendous inventiveness, a grand finale for the Switch House.

So much pious pontificating rubbish is spouted about the function and value of the arts in society that I was delighted last week to catch the great sculptor Anthony Caro putting the subject into wise perspective during an interview with my colleague Alastair Sooke on the latter's BBC Four series Romancing the Stone.

As The Courtauld Gallery opens an exhibition focussing on Rodin's dance - inspired works, test yourself on the life and work of the great sculptor.

Noguchi (1904 - 1989), America's greatest sculptor, did many sets for Graham, American's greatest modern choreographer, and this «dress» is one of the most memorable creations in this famous collaboration.

Gagosian Britannia Street, London It may look like a big chunk of derelict dockyard but the great sculptor's new work feels like a monument to our times

We also had a rare visit from friends from Angola and America as well as a flurry of painting shows and a feature on one of South Africa's greatest sculptors.

Speaking from Henry Moore's own studio in Perry Green, John Read reaffirms his belief in the artist's status as one of the greatest sculptors since the Renaissance.

A former French foreign minister and the country's leading auctioneer appeared in a courtroom in Paris yesterday accused of defrauding the estate of one of the 20th century's greatest sculptors, Alberto Giacometti.

Charles Saumarez Smith, chief executive of the Royal Academy, where Caro was a senior member and regularly exhibited new work right up to this summer, said he would be much missed by both the academy and friends and admirers internationally: «Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE RA was one of the greatest sculptors in the second half of the twentieth century,» he said.

Culture secretary Maria Miller tweeted her sorrow at the news, and called him «one of the greatest sculptors of his generation».

Starting out as an assistant to Henry Moore in the 1950s, by the time of his death in 2013 Caro was publicly lauded as «the greatest sculptor of his generation».

The St Ives School was a British art colony based in the Cornish fishing town of St Ives, it was associated with the abstract artist Ben Nicholson and his wife, the great sculptor Barbara Hepworth, who settled near the town in 1939, to be joined shortly afterwards (until 1946) by the Russian Constructivist sculptor Naum Gabo.

Of the numerous biographical studies of Moore the most illuminating and satisfactory accounts are by Donald Hall, Henry Moore: The Life and Work of a Great Sculptor (1966), which is organized around the great «masterpieces» of Moore's career, and John Russell, Henry Moore (1968), which is more detailed.

One of my favorite places to take the family is the Saint - Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire — 25 gorgeous acres with hundreds of works by America's greatest sculptor.

See this show and you really understand why she was regarded as one of Britain's greatest sculptors.

Thanks to Stephanie for speaking with us and giving us insight into the life and work of the great sculptor.

«For the French, Richard Serra is among the greatest sculptors today,» Mr. Araud said to the Art Newspaper.

Sophie Bowness, art historian and granddaughter of sculptor Hepworth, said the prize was «a fitting legacy to... one of Britain's greatest sculptors».

For the first U.S. exhibitions of Caro's work since his death in 2013, the gallery mounts two concurrent shows, at its Chelsea and Upper East Side locations, featuring works that bookend the great sculptor's innovative, 60 - year career.

Today we support innovative sculpture projects, devise an imaginative programme of exhibitions and research worldwide, and preserve the legacy of Moore himself: one of the great sculptors of the 20th century, who did so much to bring the art form to a wider audience.

George Trakas Destined To Be One Of The Great Sculptors John Bentley Mays Globe and Mail, March 1980 The first major breakthrough for George Trakas in his home country was the inclusion of two sculptures in the 1978 landmark exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario entitled Structures for Behaviour.

In 1987, overwhelmed by depression, the man whom Robert Hughes called the greatest sculptor of his generation took his own life.

«Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE RA was one of the greatest sculptors in the second half of the twentieth century,» said Saumarez Smith.

It has been over thirty years since our friend, the great sculptor Mark di Suvero, along with a team of artists and local youth, began magically transforming the four - acre abandoned landfill and illegal dumpsite in Long Island City into what it is today!

Widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest sculptors, his work has continued to be displayed and enjoyed around the world.

Henry Moore, long considered England's greatest sculptor, was largely responsible for the gradual emergence of British sculpture from provincialism into the mainstream of modern art.

David Smith has been widely heralded as one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century.

His childhood friend and fellow artist Tony Smith later recalled the reason for Pollock's move: «He had wanted to become a great sculptor like Michelangelo.»

«I am thrilled that we will have this outstanding work by a great sculptor installed at Storm King for all of our visitors to enjoy in the open air.»

Despite the constant controversy surrounding him, Serra is widely esteemed as a great sculptor.