Missouri - Sculptures

Kate Anderson transitioned her painting background into a full career in craft and textile after a knotting workshop at Craft Alliance in St. Louis. Now ...

Flamingo sculpture in Tiffany Box Blue with Hot Pink and Gold Leaf Detail meticulously created by Artist Justin King from individually cut and folded piece...

Antoine Bofill "Little Red Riding Hood" Bronze Inkwell 6H x 10W x 6D Signed Inscribed: 25 Septembre 1920 Antoine Bofill was born in Barcelona i...

Born in Detroit, Steven Montgomery’s work revels in a history of industry and aging as the artist uses porcelain to produce intricate mechanical forms with the appearance of metal. H...

Born in Detroit, Steven Montgomery’s work revels in a history of industry and aging as the artist uses porcelain to produce intricate mechanical forms with the appearance of metal. H...

Contemporary Ceramic Trompe l'oeil Sculpture, Glazed Porcelain, "Oyster Vase" Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between sculpture and painting. His work often uses meticulous representation as foil for examining skill and craft. He received his BFA from the University of Montevallo followed by an MFA from Alfred University and has maintained an ongoing studio practice and extensive exhibition record for twenty-three years. During this time, he has taught at many notable universities, including Emily Carr University, Alfred University and New York University. His work has been shown internationally and resides in the permanent collections of several museums including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington (DC), Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center (Gwango-dong) South Korea, Crocker Museum (CA) and the Portland Art Museum (OR). He has received various artist’s grants including grants from The Virginia Groot Foundation and the Canada Council on the Arts. Education 1998 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Degree 1995 University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Solo Exhibitions 2024 Impressions, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2021 Wallflowers, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2019 Matter of Perspective, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2018 In-Between, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2017 Perfection of Happenstance, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle,WA 2016 Nature Morte, (AMOCA) American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA 2015 Executing Merit, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2014 Bounty, Clark Collage, Vancouver, WA 2013 Sated, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2012 Falling Feels A Lot Like Flying, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA 2009 Making Arrangements, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Ornament, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Politics of Clay, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY New Works, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY Selected Exhibitions 2023 Art Miami, Ferrara Showman Gallery, Miami, FL 2022 Momento Mori, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN Earth Oracles, Mayten’s Gallery, Toronto, ON Collect Art Fair (Online), London, England 2021 Salon Art Fair, Culture Object, NY, NY Dead Reconning, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL Counterparts, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Contemporary Clay, Western Carolina University Museum, Cullowhee, NC Looking West: A Survey of Art on the Left Coast, Mark Moore Fine Art, CA 2020 Art Miami, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Miami, FL Rare Earth, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA Culture Object, New York, NY 2019 Art Miami, Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, Miami, FL Our Shared Heritage, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL State of the Art, Giertz Gallery, Champaign, IL 2018 Collect, London Art Fair, w/ Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, London, England Vasa Vasorum, Curated by Garth Clark at Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM Revive, Remix, Respond, The Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, w/ Ferrin Contemporary, New York, NY Sugar, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR 2017 C'est le bouquet, Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France The Evocative Garden, NCECA invitational exhibition, Portland, OR Selections from the PAM permanent Collection, Portland Art Museum, OR Sweet Tooth: The Art of Dessert, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT BC to BC, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA LH Project, Trifecta: Future Forward on the Ceramic Highway, Portland, OR Form Over Function, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2015 Crafting a Collection, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2014 Ceramic Top 40, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO Dark Matter, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 2013 Bunting Biennial Ceramics Symposium, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 2012 Shifting Paradigms, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Enough is as Good as a Feast, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC 2010 BAM Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Hermaphrodite, Ferrin Gallery/Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Portraiture Beyond Likeness, Ethel Sergeant Clark Gallery, Wayne, PA 2009 5th World Ceramic Exposition Biennial, Gwango-dong, South Korea, New works, Two-person show, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC, Canada SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Il with Wexler Gallery 2008 A Human Impulse, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ, (In) Between, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY 2006 Body and Mind, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY Edges of Grace, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2005 Politics as Usual, The Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Vanitas, Lacost Gallery, Concord...

Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between sculpture and painting. His work often uses meticulous representation as foil for examining skill and craft. He received his BFA from the University of Montevallo followed by an MFA from Alfred University and has maintained an ongoing studio practice and extensive exhibition record for twenty-three years. During this time, he has taught at many notable universities, including Emily Carr University, Alfred University and New York University. His work has been shown internationally and resides in the permanent collections of several museums including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington (DC), Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center (Gwango-dong) South Korea, Crocker Museum (CA) and the Portland Art Museum (OR). He has received various artist’s grants including grants from The Virginia Groot Foundation and the Canada Council on the Arts. Education 1998 Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Master of Fine Arts Degree 1995 University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Solo Exhibitions 2024 Impressions, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2021 Wallflowers, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2019 Matter of Perspective, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2018 In-Between, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA 2017 Perfection of Happenstance, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle,WA 2016 Nature Morte, (AMOCA) American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA 2015 Executing Merit, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2014 Bounty, Clark Collage, Vancouver, WA 2013 Sated, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2012 Falling Feels A Lot Like Flying, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA 2009 Making Arrangements, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Ornament, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Politics of Clay, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY New Works, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2003 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY Selected Exhibitions 2023 Art Miami, Ferrara Showman Gallery, Miami, FL 2022 Momento Mori, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN Earth Oracles, Mayten’s Gallery, Toronto, ON Collect Art Fair (Online), London, England 2021 Salon Art Fair, Culture Object, NY, NY Dead Reconning, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL Counterparts, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA Contemporary Clay, Western Carolina University Museum, Cullowhee, NC Looking West: A Survey of Art on the Left Coast, Mark Moore Fine Art, CA 2020 Art Miami, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Miami, FL Rare Earth, Mark Moore Fine Art, Orange Park, CA Culture Object, New York, NY 2019 Art Miami, Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, Miami, FL Our Shared Heritage, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL State of the Art, Giertz Gallery, Champaign, IL 2018 Collect, London Art Fair, w/ Cynthia, Corbett Gallery, London, England Vasa Vasorum, Curated by Garth Clark at Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM Revive, Remix, Respond, The Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, w/ Ferrin Contemporary, New York, NY Sugar, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR 2017 C'est le bouquet, Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France The Evocative Garden, NCECA invitational exhibition, Portland, OR Selections from the PAM permanent Collection, Portland Art Museum, OR Sweet Tooth: The Art of Dessert, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT BC to BC, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA LH Project, Trifecta: Future Forward on the Ceramic Highway, Portland, OR Form Over Function, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2015 Crafting a Collection, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2014 Ceramic Top 40, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO Dark Matter, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 2013 Bunting Biennial Ceramics Symposium, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 2012 Shifting Paradigms, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Enough is as Good as a Feast, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC 2010 BAM Biennial, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, Hermaphrodite, Ferrin Gallery/Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Portraiture Beyond Likeness, Ethel Sergeant Clark Gallery, Wayne, PA 2009 5th World Ceramic Exposition Biennial, Gwango-dong, South Korea, New works, Two-person show, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC, Canada SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Il with Wexler Gallery 2008 A Human Impulse, Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ, (In) Between, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Confrontational Ceramics, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY 2006 Body and Mind, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY Edges of Grace, The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2005 Politics as Usual, The Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Vanitas, Lacost Gallery, Concord...

Large Butterscotch Yellow Buffalo head sculpture with gold leaf horn detail meticulously created by Artist Justin King from individually cut and folded pie...

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Ben Godward Word chosen: Embrace Chemically colored urethane foam, tinted liquid membrane 14 x 16 x 12 inches (35.6 x 40.6 x 30.5 cm)

Title : Splice Materials : Slip-cast porcelain, Glaze, Decals, and Resin dipped flowers Dimensions : 8.5" x 21" x 14" Rain Harris uses her artistry with m...

Hand Built Painted Vase Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Gold Leaf, Flocking Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 Her work references exclusive and precious porcelain wares f...

Hand Built Painted Vase Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Flocking Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 This piece was part of "Go for Baroque: Opulence and Excess in Contempo...

Hand Built Painted Vase Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Gold Leaf, Flocking Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 This piece was part of "Go for Baroque: Opulence and Excess ...

Hand Built Painted Plate Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, China Paint, Gold Luster, Flock Fired: Electric Kiln, Cone 6 Decorative purpose only - Not for use, not dishwasher safe H...

The concept of his recent work is form and grows from my curiosity about the relationship between one object to another. In his work he aims to explore the joyful, interesting, and m...

The concept of his recent work is form and grows from my curiosity about the relationship between one object to another. In his work he aims to explore the joyful, interesting, and m...

The concept of his recent work is form and grows from my curiosity about the relationship between one object to another. In his work he aims to explore the joyful, interesting, and m...

The concept of his recent work is form and grows from my curiosity about the relationship between one object to another. In his work he aims to explore the joyful, interesting, and m...

Voice-over stands for a voice that is not part of the narrative, a voice spoken by someone who appears elsewhere when an event happens. We know what we hear may not be a fact, what w...

Voice-over stands for a voice that is not part of the narrative, a voice spoken by someone who appears elsewhere when an event happens. We know what we hear may not be a fact, what w...

When I hear music, it translates into color. —Toots Zynsky Toots Zynsky’s distinctive heat-formed filet de verre (glass thread) vessels enjoy a widespread popularity and deserved acclaim for their often extraordinary and always unique explorations in color. Defying categorization, her pieces inhabit a region all their own, interweaving the traditions of painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. Mary Ann Toots Zynsky was born in 1951 and raised in Massachusetts. Known professionally and to her friends as Toots Zynsky, she received her bachelor of fine arts in 1973 at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. There, she was one of a group of pioneering artists studying with Dale Chihuly, who made studio glass a worldwide phenomenon. “Glassmaking was wide open,” Zynsky remembers. “Hot glass slipped through the air, pulled and stretched. There was music and the furnaces were roaring. . . and everyone was working in concert. . . It was this material that hadn’t been widely explored as an artist’s medium. Everything was possible, and there was so much to be discovered. There were no rules. You could do anything you wanted.” In Chihuly’s words, her class was a group with extraordinary energy, amounting to “the most creative, highly charged institutional experience I’d ever been a part of.” Among Zynsky’s classmates at RISD were other artists who went on to build successful careers, such as James Carpenter, Bruce Chao, Dan Dailey, and Therman Statom...

Tom Friedman Untitled, 2004 Wood, aluminum foil, lollipop and tootsie pop wrapper 67.5 x 61 x 48.75 inches

Tom Friedman Black and White, 2009 Window insulation foam, paint and wood Figure: 23 1/4 x 8 x 6 1/2 inches (59.1 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm) Pedestal: 18 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches (46.4...

Preparing to Ride By. George B. Marks (American, 1923-1983) Signed and Dated Throughout his artistic career, George Marks’s work was always guided by the...

The Holdup of the Overland Stagecoach By. Gordon Phillips (American, 1927-2011) Initialed and Edition 493/750 Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied a...

Native American Girl with Doll By Dave Powell (American, b. 1954) Signed on Back 17.5" x 8" Dave Powell is a native son of Montana, in a world of change and transition; few can say they have roots in a single geography that go back four generations. Dave's pedigree in art is just about as deep. He is the son of artists Ace Powell and Nancy McLaughlin Powell. That heritage leads back to the likes of Charlie Russell and Joe De Young, both famous for their abilities to "tell the story" through their art. His father, Ace Powell, was a prolific Western artist whose first childhood paint-box set was a gift from Charlie and Nancy Russell. Dave became a serious student of art in his mid-teens, and has been a professional artist most of his adult life. Over the years he has worked with Bob Scriver, Ned Jacob and Robert Lougheed. Dave will be the first to give thanks...

Emiliano Zapata / Frog Revolutionary, 1981 By David Gilhooly (1943-2013) 20" x 11.5" Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally accla...

Frog and Swiss on Rye, 1981 By David Gilhooly (1943-2013) 4.75" x 3.5" x 4.5" Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic works...

Burrito Frog, 1981 By David Gilhooly (1943-2013) 8" x 4" x 2" Signed Underneath Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic work...

Basket By Ken Ferguson (1928-2004) 21" x 13" Ken Ferguson received an M.F.A. in 1954 from Alfred University, and went on to become an influential teacher and artist in his field of pottery. From 1964 until 1996, when he was named Professor Emeritus, Ferguson was Head of the Ceramics Department at the Kansas City Art Institute. His students included Kurt Weiser...

"Seascape" (Foot) 1967 Screenprinted Vacuum-Formed Plexiglass In Colors Scratch-Signed, Dated and Numbered 92/101 14 1/4 x 12 15/16 x 3/4 in (36.1 x 32.9 x 2 cm). Known for his Pop-...

Coleton Lunt The Pupator Stoneware, paint, reduce cooled, cone 6 Year: 2020 Size: 39.5 x 33 x 16 in. Signed COA provided Artist Statement: I experiment with the two opposing approa...

Ross Bonfanti Rutty with orange chain, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 11 x 14 x 8 1/4 inches (27.9 x 35.6 x 21 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Rugby with yellow chain, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 15 1/2 x 17 x 10 inches (39.4 x 43.2 x 25.4 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Threads bunny, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 10 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (26 x 13.3 x 7 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Rose, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 11 x 6 x 3 1/4 inches (27.9 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm)

Ross Bonfanti Butterfly, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 10 x 16 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (25.4 x 41.3 x 6.4 cm)

Luciano Minguzzi (Italian, 1911-2004) Piccolo Guerriero (Little Warrior) c. 1950s Bronze Monogrammed and Numbered 1/5 Height From Base to Top: approx. 12" High Bronze: 6 3/4 inches x 4W x 3D Luciano Minguzzi was born in Bologna in 1911 and died in Milan in 2004. In 1943 he took part in the Fourth Quadrennial of Rome. In 1950 he was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the XXV Venice Biennale, and attended again in 1952. His works can be found at Museum of the Fabbrica del Duomo, in the Museum of Modern Art in the Vatican and in the Galleries of Modern Art in Rome, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Trieste, Verona, Carrara, Padova, as well as abroad and overseas. Additional Biography (translated from Italian): Luciano Minguzzi ( Bologna , 24 May 1911 - Milan , 30 May 2004 ) was a sculptor and medalist Italian . Image of the exhibition Luciano Minguzzi: sculptures and gouaches 1950-1970 in the Romanesque cloister of the Cathedral of Prato ( Museo dell'Opera del Duomo ), 24 April - 24 May 1971. Photo by Paolo Monti . Index: He made his first experiences under the wise guidance of his father, also a sculptor , continuing his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna following the engraving courses held by Giorgio Morandi , those of sculpture under the guidance of Ercole Drei , attending at ' university the lessons Roberto Longhi. Thanks to a scholarship, he stayed in Paris and London , starting to exhibit in 1933 and already at the Roman Quadrennial of 1943 he obtained his first prize, which was followed by others including the Angelicum of 1946 and the first place ex aequo at the Biennale del 1950. Immediately after the war he created the monument to the Partisan and the Partisan for his hometown , located near Porta Lame , in the area where an epic battle between Nazi-Fascists and partisans took place in 1944 .
The work, composed of two figures of young people - one of which armed - caught in a moment of great naturalness, was forged with cast bronze from the equestrian statue of Benito Mussolini (by Giuseppe Graziosi ) which was located inside the current "Renato Dall'Ara" Stadium, in turn made with some cannons stolen from the Austrians during the Bolognese Risorgimento uprisings of 1848. Still on the theme linked to war , but with a changed style with more dramatic and expressionist tones , in the fifties he created a series of sculptures inspired by the theme of the men of the Lager and the unknown and anonymous victims, obtaining in 1953 the third prize in the competition for the "Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner " announced by the Tate Gallery ( London ). In 1950 he won the competition for the "Quinta Porta" of the Milan Cathedral , completed in 1965 . In 1962 he participated, together with the most important international sculptors of the time, in the exhibition Sculptures in the city organized by Giovanni Carandente as part of the V Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto . He presented a 1958 iron and bronze sculpture entitled Pas-de-quatre. In 1970 he was given the task of building the "Door of good and evil" of the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican , on which he worked with vigor and passion for seven years. In 2012, on the occasion of the centenary of the artist's birth, a posthumous anthological exhibition was set up in Bologna at the Fondazione del Monte [1] . He also worked as a medalist: his example is the silver 500 lire coin...

Ernest Tino Trova "Falling Man and Form" 1996 Brass and Bronze 14 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches Signed and Numbered 1/1 (Unique) Known for his Falling Man series in...

Alfred Barye (1839-1882) "Lion and Antelope" Bronze Approx. 7.5H x 9W x 4D inches Signed "BARYE.ALF" and Inscribed under base "NO. 23 LION AND ANTELOPE" The son of a goldsmith, Parisian born Antoine-Louis Bayre was a sculptor of animal subjects and acclaimed, not only for his apparent skill, but as the founder of what became known as the French Animaliers School. Among his patrons were representatives of the state government and royalty including the Duke of Orleans and the Dukes of Luynes, Montpensier and Nemours. Well compensated financially, he was able to buy the best of materials and hire the country's most skilled foundry craftsmen. The foundry he hired was owned by Ferdinand Barbedienne, and casts from this period were stamped with the letters, FB. However, he did not make a lot of money from his work because he was such a perfectionist that often he would not sell his work because he thought it was not 'quite right'. In 1848, he declared bankruptcy, and his molds and plaster casts were sold along with the copyrights. Bayre's specialty was aroused, angry seeming wild game such as lions and tigers and elephants, but he also did equestrian groups and mythology figures. In order to do realistic depictions of animal anatomy, he spent much time at the Jardin de Plantes in Paris. His early training was as an apprentice to a metal engraver, but being drafted in the army in 1812, ended that education. In 1832, he had established his own studio, and unique at that time was his method of cold stamping his bronze casts, so that each one had a special number. He had his first entry, The Milo of Croton...

Heloise Crista (1926-2018) Peace Brass and Copper approx. 15 x 17 x 10 inches Heloise Crista, Acclaimed Sculptor and Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION JU...

Lazzaro Donati (Italian 1926-1977) "La Regina" Bronze Signed on Base Size: approx 19 x 9 x 9 inches Lazzaro Donati (1926-1977) was born in Florence in 1926 and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d'art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. Donati was a born host with a warm welcome, an elegant man who possessed enormous charm a good nature and a keen sense of humor. Apparently shy, he preferred to speak on subjects extraneous to his art, purposely distracting you from his paintings, then leading you back to them, tactfully and without pretension. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. "After all", he said, "you've got to know how to sell a painting to everyone." He had no sympathy for the "drip and splash" studios of his contemporaries, preferring to keep his studio tidy and spotless. "Painting is a matter of precision", he said, "If a painter can't put his paint where he wants it to go, I don't see how he can call himself a painter. For me it is absolutely necessary to control the paint." When asked to reveal the technique he used to achieve the enamel-like finish typical of his paintings he answered, "That is a secret between me and my butler. Actually, most of my paintings are done by him!" But in fact behind the façade, Donati was a serious craftsman who devoted to his painting as a way of life and means of expression. From the beginning of his career, his paintings revealed a striving for perfection and continual research in problems of style and technique. His early works indicated a momentary interest in surrealism and abstract art; they were predominantly two dimensional, depending on line and strong color. But by 1958, with his painting The Lady with a Fan...

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887) "Leda and the Swan" c .1858 Bronze w/Gold Patina 18 x 24 x 14 Signed "A. Carrier" Based upon a c...

Peter Voulkos Title: Plate CR952-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1989 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 20.5 x 5 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development of pottery as an art form. . With an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (1952), he taught at Black Mountain College (1953) where he was exposed to the avant-garde. In 1954, Voulkos moved to Los Angeles to become the chairman of a newly established ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later renamed the Otis Art Institute) and soon assembled a remarkable group of students: Paul Soldner, Jerry Rothman, Kenneth Price, John Mason, Henry Takemoto...

Peter Voulkos Title: Plate CR1056-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1992 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 24 x 4.5 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development of pottery as an art form. . With an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (1952), he taught at Black Mountain College (1953) where he was exposed to the avant-garde. In 1954, Voulkos moved to Los Angeles to become the chairman of a newly established ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later renamed the Otis Art Institute) and soon assembled a remarkable group of students: Paul Soldner, Jerry Rothman, Kenneth Price, John Mason, Henry Takemoto...

Peter Voulkos Title: Plate 1329-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1998 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 20.5 x 21 x 5.25 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter V...

Peter Voulkos Title: Plate CR1190-W Medium: Woodfired ceramic Year: 1995 Signed and dated by the artist Size: approx. 19.5 x 20.5 x 5.75 inches A West Coast potter and sculptor, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) led in the development of pottery as an art form. . With an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (1952), he taught at Black Mountain College (1953) where he was exposed to the avant-garde. In 1954, Voulkos moved to Los Angeles to become the chairman of a newly established ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (later renamed the Otis Art Institute) and soon assembled a remarkable group of students: Paul Soldner, Jerry Rothman, Kenneth Price, John Mason, Henry...

Carl Kauba "Going into Battle" c. 1920s Bronze with Brown Patina Signed approx 10 x 10 x 4 (including wooden base) This Austrian sculptor was born in Vienna in 1865. His teachers were Karl Waschmann (1848-1905), known for his ivory sculptures and portrait plaquettes of contemporary celebrities, and Stefan Schwartz (1851-1924), who exhibited in Paris, including the Exposition Universelle of 1900 where he won a gold medal. Kauba's intricate bronzes, imported to the United States between 1895 and 1912, were cast at the Roman Bronze Works. Kauba was part of the nineteenth-century tradition of polychrome bronze sculpture. There were several types of patinas on a single statue: he could render the color of buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by the Western tales of German author Karl May, he traveled to the West and made sketches and models. Critics, however, pointed out inaccuracies of costume and other details. For instance, the guns that his "mid-nineteenth-century" figures use are models produced after 1898. Apparently he did all of his works back in Vienna. Besides the variety of color, Kauba's bronzes show a great range of textures and his style is highly naturalistic. The sculptor loved ornament, some of which he rendered with coiled wire for reins, rope and feathers in headdresses. He successfully rendered figures in motion and often executed compositions with more than one figure. Berman (1974) illustrates non-Western subjects by Kaula, such as the pendants Where? and There (ca. 1910), a seated Scottish couple, impressive in the expressions and the details on patterned fabrics of both sitters. Another genre piece is Buster Brown...

Pierre-Jules Mene "The Hunter and Hound" (Le Valet de Limier) 1879 Bronze approx. 19 x 8 x 14 inches Signed PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879) Pierre...

Carl Kauba (1865-1922) "Native American in Canoe" Polychrome Bronze Signed approx 5.5 x 10 x 2.75 inches This Austrian sculptor was born in Vienna in 1865. His teachers were Karl Waschmann (1848-1905), known for his ivory sculptures and portrait plaquettes of contemporary celebrities, and Stefan Schwartz (1851-1924), who exhibited in Paris, including the Exposition Universelle of 1900 where he won a gold medal. Kauba's intricate bronzes, imported to the United States between 1895 and 1912, were cast at the Roman Bronze Works. Kauba was part of the nineteenth-century tradition of polychrome bronze sculpture. There were several types of patinas on a single statue: he could render the color of buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by the Western tales of German author Karl May, he traveled to the West and made sketches and models. Critics, however, pointed out inaccuracies of costume and other details. For instance, the guns that his "mid-nineteenth-century" figures use are models produced after 1898. Apparently he did all of his works back in Vienna. Besides the variety of color, Kauba's bronzes show a great range of textures and his style is highly naturalistic. The sculptor loved ornament, some of which he rendered with coiled wire for reins, rope and feathers in headdresses. He successfully rendered figures in motion and often executed compositions with more than one figure. Berman (1974) illustrates non-Western subjects by Kaula, such as the pendants Where? and There (ca. 1910), a seated Scottish couple, impressive in the expressions and the details on patterned fabrics of both sitters. Another genre piece is Buster Brown...

Ernest Trova "The Encounter" 1994 Chrome Plated Steel Approx 24 x 26 x 24 inches Edition 1/8 Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he created hard-edge ima...

JOIE DE VIVRE (A. Ramié no. 346) stamped, marked, engraved and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso (underneath) unglazed white ea...

Wood Fired Platter Material: Stoneware and woodfired Year: 1989 Signed Dimensions: 3 x 22 x 22" Provenance - Charles Cowles Gallery, NYC A West Coast potte...

"La Cothurne" 1901 Gilt Bronze Approx 21.5" High (to raised hand) Signed and Dated Foundry Mark "Susse Freres" Originally modeled in white biscuit porcelain this Greek dancer is a from a set of eight created for a dining table. They were immediately successful when they were exhibited in the Sevres pavilion at the 1900 Exhibition. Individual figures could be ordered and "La Cothurne" proved the most popular. Their success led to the firm of Susse buying the right to cast versions in metal. Agathon Leonard (1841-1923) is one of the well-known French Art Nouveau sculptors. Born in Lille in 1841, he first studied there before moving to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Eugene Delaplanche. He gained recognition at the annual Expositiones Universelles, winning a Silver Medal there in 1889 and gold in 1900. His most important piece, Jeu L'echarpe, was the best known series of Sevres production at the turn of the century and sold out at the 1900 Expo in Paris and later was given as a gift by the French Gov't to Nicholas II at the Hermitage. His bronzes were cast at the Susse Freres Editeurs Foundry. He worked also in marble, quartz and ivory. He also produced Art Nouveau medallions...

Artist: John Balistreri Title: "Tower King” From the Recursion Collision Series Medium: Residual Salt Fired Stoneware with Glaze Demensions: 73” high ...

Hans Guradze (German, 1861-1922) "Jockey On Horseback" Bronze Approx. 19.5 x 17 x 6 inches Signed "H. Guradze Berlin" on Base

Fish Pitcher 1952 Turned Pitcher 13 cm x 21 cm/approx 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches Red Earthenware Clay, Decoration in Engobes Black, White Edition Madoura Picas...

Yaacov Agam "Star of Peace" c. 1970s Metal Ed. 2/300 approx. 9 x 2 x 2 inches Born in Israel on May 11, 1928. His father was a rabbi, a Talmudic scholar and a Kabbalist. The famil...

Title : meditation bowl inspired by a conch shell Materials : white earthenware, terra sigillata, oxides, glaze liner Date : 2016 Dimensions : 5 x 5 x 6 inches Description : Pinched for with pinkish beige terra sig outside and purple glaze on the inside with pooling due to multiple firings, layered glazes Alice Ballard - Artist Statement My art is a reflection of my relationship with natural forms. These forms come to me on walks, while I work in my garden, or appear as gifts from friends who share my fascination with the beauty inherent in Nature’s abundant variety of forms. It is often the metamorphosis of nature’s forms, as they change from season to season, that attracts me. I am endlessly drawn to that universal world in which differing life forms share similar qualities. I spend countless hours contemplating a particular form in order to feel its energy. It becomes a Zen-like connection not unlike a meditation. As an artist, I hope that those who choose to connect with my work can share some of the harmony and tranquility I feel through the creative process. Perhaps, at the very least, the viewer will give those small, often unnoticed forms in Nature a second glance. Alice R. Ballard. (born June 16, 1945, Florence, South Carolina) is an American ceramicist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Much of her work is characterized by the organic earthenware forms of closed containers...