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| | Antônio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 – 1814) is one of the most famous sculptors from [[Brazil]]. The Spanish painters, [[Pablo Picasso]], [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Miro_monument_a_la_dona_1972.jpg Joan Miró] and [[Salvador Dali]] were also sculptors. Francisco Zuñiga (born in Costa Rica, 1912 - 1998) was a Mexican sculptor; he ''began studying the collections of the Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City and the indigenous culture of the Southeastern Mexican people. In the sculpture of the Aztec and Maya, he found "the myth of life and death in aggressive, rounded figures with a heaviness, vitality, and formal equilibrium." In 1947, he became a citizen of Mexico and a state teacher''. <ref> [http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark2&p=/threewomenwalking/ Three Women Walking] WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. </ref> [[Enrique Carbajal]] "Sebastián" (b. 1947), is a contemporary Mexican artist with some 150 monumental pieces in cities around the world. | | Antônio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 – 1814) is one of the most famous sculptors from [[Brazil]]. The Spanish painters, [[Pablo Picasso]], [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Miro_monument_a_la_dona_1972.jpg Joan Miró] and [[Salvador Dali]] were also sculptors. Francisco Zuñiga (born in Costa Rica, 1912 - 1998) was a Mexican sculptor; he ''began studying the collections of the Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City and the indigenous culture of the Southeastern Mexican people. In the sculpture of the Aztec and Maya, he found "the myth of life and death in aggressive, rounded figures with a heaviness, vitality, and formal equilibrium." In 1947, he became a citizen of Mexico and a state teacher''. <ref> [http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark2&p=/threewomenwalking/ Three Women Walking] WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY. </ref> [[Enrique Carbajal]] "Sebastián" (b. 1947), is a contemporary Mexican artist with some 150 monumental pieces in cities around the world. |
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| − | Sir [[Alfred Gilbert]] (1854 - 1934) was an English sculptor, member of the ''New Sculpture'' movement (Britain - nineteenth century). In 1887, he was elected ARA (Associate Member of the Royal Academy). Gilbert is considered one of the mos important sculpturs of the [[Victorian era]]. Gilbert's most well-known work is the ''Statue of Eros'' (Anteros), 1893 in Piccadilly Circus, London. The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, depicting Anteros (Greek mythology (Ἀντέρως, Antérōs) was the god of the requited love) as "the Angel of Christian Charity", but actually referred to as the Statue of [[Eros]] (Anteros's brother), is one of the first statues in the world to be cast in aluminium. | + | Sir [[Alfred Gilbert]] (1854 - 1934) was an English sculptor, member of the ''New Sculpture'' movement (Britain - nineteenth century). In 1887, he was elected ARA (Associate Member of the Royal Academy). Gilbert is considered one of the mos important sculptors of the [[Victorian era]]. Gilbert's most well-known work is the ''Statue of Eros'' (Anteros), 1893 in Piccadilly Circus, London. The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, depicting Anteros (Greek mythology (Ἀντέρως, Antérōs) was the god of the requited love) as "the Angel of Christian Charity", but actually referred to as the Statue of [[Eros]] (Anteros's brother), is one of the first statues in the world to be cast in aluminium. |
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| | The American sculptor Paul Manship (1885 – 1966) discovered archaic Greek sculpture while studying in Rome; he is considered a precursor to [[Art Deco]]; ''Dancer with Gazelles'', (1916) and ''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Prometheus_Fountain_at_the_Rockefeller_Center.jpg The Prometheus Fountain]'', at the Rockefeller Center, New York, (1934), are two of his most renown works. Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was an American sculptor known by his wire figures, notably for a miniature circus (1926–31). George Segal (New York, 1924 - New Brunswick, 2000), was an American [[painter]] and sculptor of Jewish ancestry. He was recognized with 20 awards included the 1999 National Medal of Honor. Segal was associated with the [[Pop Art]] movement. | | The American sculptor Paul Manship (1885 – 1966) discovered archaic Greek sculpture while studying in Rome; he is considered a precursor to [[Art Deco]]; ''Dancer with Gazelles'', (1916) and ''[http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Prometheus_Fountain_at_the_Rockefeller_Center.jpg The Prometheus Fountain]'', at the Rockefeller Center, New York, (1934), are two of his most renown works. Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) was an American sculptor known by his wire figures, notably for a miniature circus (1926–31). George Segal (New York, 1924 - New Brunswick, 2000), was an American [[painter]] and sculptor of Jewish ancestry. He was recognized with 20 awards included the 1999 National Medal of Honor. Segal was associated with the [[Pop Art]] movement. |