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Item Ships From: Wisconsin
"Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesian in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 14" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows. This puppet is an archer.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Teacher or Preacher
original signed Shona stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe
By Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Teacher or Preacher' is an original black serpentine sculpture by the celebrated second generation Shona artist Colleen Madamombe. The sculpture presents a character common to Madam...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Indonesian Mask with Dark Face and Gold Accents, " Painted Wood 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask, created by an unknown Indonesian artist, features dark sin, gold and red eyes, teeth, and hair. It is approximately 7" tall by 5 1/2" wide.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Panel
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire, " created in the Democratic Republic of Congo c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Maternity-Bacongo, Zaire," is a carved wood and glass sculpture created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo circa 1940. The nude, woman figure rests on her knees. In her...
Category
1940s Tribal Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood
Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 23" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
History of Pottery, Africa
Ceramic Sculpture
By Steven Kemenyffy
Located in Milwaukee, WI
41x25x10"
Ceramic
Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943) is an American ceramic artist living and working in Pennsylvania. He is most recognized for his contributions to the development of the American ceramic raku tradition. He has served as a Professor of Ceramic Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (formerly Edinboro State College) since 1969. He Has retired from teaching, but continues to produce artwork at his home studio in McKean, Pennsylvania. Kemenyffy is often characterized in regard to his contributions to American experimental ceramics of the late 1960s and early 1970s. More specifically, Kemenyffy’s contributions to American raku techniques are often cited. Kemenyffy has stated that his interest in raku came out of practical considerations: “We [Steven and Susan] were doing a variety of workshops in a variety of different media. Raku was always an official way of making pieces in a short period of time…In raku it seems to compress all the firings into one.” Kemenyffy, himself, describes his early work as “Biomorphic forms alluding to old ceramic traditions such as tiles, vases, and containers.” These works were often in excess of six feet tall and many times included mixed media elements. In 1974, Kemenyffy wrote about the work he was producing; “For several years now, my work has dealt with certain formal considerations. Chief among these is using clay in such a way as to crystallize the moment and permanentize the impermanent. These have been among the primary concerns of all potters since the earliest times.” Today, Kemenyffy continues his pursuit of biomorphic imagery and themes. He writes, “Personally I am most challenged by the business of transforming porous organics into porcelain.” For much of Kemenyffy’s career, he has worked in tandem with his wife, Susan Hale Kemenyffy. In 1987 Susan stated about their collaborative works: “Steven is the [sculptor], I am the drawer. These works would not exist if it weren’t for the sculpture; if it weren’t for the clay. The clay entity comes first and my drawings come second.” James Paul Thompson further clarifies this relationship (as observed in 1987): “Steven Kemenyffy uses patterns as a point of departure for his work, while Susan Kemenyffy...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sunbathing
original stone Shona sculpture by Washington Msonza
By Washington Msonza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Sunbathing' is an original stone sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Washington Msonza. In the sculpture, a woman reclines nude and on the ground in a moment of relaxation under the sun. She holds a child on her lap and he two gaze at one another in a moment of bonding and adoration. This intimate composition reminds, on one hand, of the great painting 'Olympia' by the relist painter Édouard Manet by nature of the nude woman in repose. On the other, it also recalls the subject matter of the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, whose work often focused on domestic scenes of mothers and their children. All of these art historical references are nonetheless contained within the materiality of the serpentine stone itself, in which Msonza uses the polish and texture of the stone to capture skin and hair and the subtly of the figures' expressions.
opal stone (serpentine)
26.5 x 36.5 x 12 inches
200+ lbs
not singed
Overall good condition; some minor surface abrasions.
Sculpture may require preparation to be mounted or installed. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.
Washington Msonza was born in 1966 in Domboshava where he attended primary school. He then moved to Chitungwiza to attend secondary schooling. While in school, he spent most of his time watching his sculptor brother-in-law Albert Mamvura, whose workshop was close to his house. In 1988 Msonza began assisting Albert full time, while simultaneously gaining experience by watching other well known artists in the area including Gedion Nyanhongo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Folk Art Cow
Signed by Artist, gift, small sculpture, classic deco
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A folksy rendered hand-painted mother cow stands with her calf in a springtime field in this small wooden sculpture by self taught artist, Menno. This unique artwork makes a great gi...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Creating Spirits, " Red Jasper Abstract Sculpture by Farai Darare
By Farai Darare
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Creating Spirits" is an original red jasper sculpture by Farai Darare. It depicts an abstracted figure holding a pot.
19" x 6 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Farai Walter Darare started working as a washer and polisher for his father's sculptures when he was seven years old. He worked and studied under the renowned Shona sculptors Chikumbirike, Runyanga, Muropa, and his father Casper Darare...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Shadow Puppet (flat) Wayang Klitik, " Leather
Wood created in Indonesia
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 26" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang Klitik...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, brown, "Small Town 4"
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, rusted; My series of "Small Town" sculptures are table-top pieces made from rusted steel. They are durable pieces, inviting vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Eye Witness
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Josphat Makenzi
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Eye Witness' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Josphat Makenzi. Makenzi was trained in the contemporary Shona stone carving tradition, and thus his works take on themes from African as well as from European art history. His sculptures of the human face have the abstracted qualities of traditional African sculptures and masks...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Stork Bird
original opal serpentine Shona sculpture signed by Jonathan Nhete
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Stork Bird' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture signed by the contemporary Zimbabwean artist Jonathan Nhete. The artist presents in this sculpture a highly abstracted figure of a bird, the long beak and eye of which emerges shining and polished from within a heroic almond-shaped loop formed by the bird's wings. Such abstracted forms recall traditional African sculpture as well as the work of modern masters like Constantin Brancusi who looked to non-Western sources for inspiration. The sculpture's surface is brought to a beautiful polish, allowing the green of the serpentine to create a glittering depth as immense as a lake or river.
opal serpentine
32 x 19 x 6 1/2 inches, sculpture
2.75 x 12 x 12 inches, concrete and marble base (included at request of buyer)
34 .75 x 19 x 12 inches, overall
85 lbs
signed "Nhete Jonathan" along bottom edge on reverse
with hole drilled in foot to accommodate 0.5-inch steel support rod
overall good condition; brown stain at base of bird neck; some minor scratches
Jonathan Nhete was born on November 16, 1972 into a family of 5 boys. He decided to explore in the art industry and was fascinated by the works made by a local artist Dudzai Mushawepwere...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, brown, "Small Town 2"
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, rusted; My series of "Small Town" sculptures are table-top pieces made from rusted steel. They are durable pieces, inviting vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Flower
original stone Shona sculpture signed by Benjamin Mundara
By Benjamin Mundara
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Flower' is an original fruit serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Benjamin Mundara. The title 'Flower' in this case is more suggestive than definitive, as the sculpt...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Hope
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Dudzai Mushawepwere
By Dudzai Mushawepwere
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Hope' original springstone sculpture signed by Zimbabwean artist Dudzai Mushawepwere. The sculpture uses abstraction in the human figure to captur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Seated Woman with Criss-Cross Legs
By Reuben Kadish
Located in Milwaukee, WI
5x4x4-1/2
Bronze
Reuben Kadish was an American artist, specializing as a sculptor, draughtsman, muralist, painter, and printmaker. In his later career he also taught art history and sculpture in New York...
Category
1960s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, brown, "Small Town 5"
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, rusted; My series of "Small Town" sculptures are table-top pieces made from rusted steel. They are durable pieces, inviting vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Protected by Spirits
original stone Shona sculpture by Marowa
Chideu
By Tendai Marowa
Stanley Chideu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Protected by Spirits' is an original springstone sculpture by the Zimbabwean artists Tendai Marowa and Stanley Chideu. The sculpture presents a tall and curving face with a ring-sha...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Proud Woman
original Shona stone sculpture by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
By Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Proud Woman' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture by the contemporary Zimbabwean artist Chenjerai Chiripanyanga. The artist presents in this sculpture a highly abstracted ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Tall Jar with Figures, " Original Ceramic signed by Christine LePage
By Christine LePage
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tall Jar with Figures" is an original ceramic by Christine LePage. The artist signed and dated the piece on the bottom. It features silhouettes of figures as...
Category
1980s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Elephant
original African Shona stone sculpture Zimbabwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small and intimate sculpture of an elephant is a heartfelt and doting example of the sculpture of the Shona artists of Zimbabwe, but also demonstrates the clever use of the texture of the stone. The sculpture is stylized, though more naturalistic than many of the sculptures of the Shona artists. The elephant leans backward and reaches its trunk into the air. The use of texture on its body is ingenious, using a series of crossing lines to create a rough surface that mimics the appearance of real elephant skin, adding a lifelike effect to the stationary stone.
Unknown Shona artist
'Elephant,' late 20th century
springstone
4.5 x 3.87 x 1.63 inches
Overall excellent condition; some minor surface abrasions
Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London.
It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Spirit Medium, " Opal, Jade,
Opaline signed by Aaron Chikumbirik
By Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spirit Medium" is a stone sculpture made with yellow opal, green jade, and opaline by Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike. This sculpture is signed and depicts a f...
Category
Early 2000s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, brown, "Small Town 1"
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, rusted; My series of "Small Town" sculptures are table-top pieces made from rusted steel. They are durable pieces, inviting vie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing, " Wood Statue with Blue
White Pigment
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Idgo Nigeria Female Standing" is a wooden statue with blue and white pigment created in Nigeria circa 1930. This figure stands up right with arms out slightly in front of her. A st...
Category
1930s Tribal Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Mermaid, " Carved Springstone by Farai Darare
By Farai Darare
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mermaid" is a unique springstone sculpture by the Shona artist Farai Darare. It depicts a woman's face and an abstracted body that loops around to frame an oval of negative space. This piece is expertly carved to showcase two textures from the same stone. This sculpture weighs 30 pounds (approximately 13.6 kg).
16 3/4" x 8" x 5 1/4" art
30 lbs
Farai Walter Darare started working as a washer and polisher for his father's sculptures when he was seven years old. He worked and studied under the renowned Shona sculptors Chikumbirike, Runyanga, Muropa, and his father Casper Darare...
Category
Early 2000s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Healing and Diagnosing
original Shona stone sculpture by Aaron P. Chikumbirike
By Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Healing and Diagnosing' is an original stone sculpture by the Zimbabwean sculptor Aaron Perkins Chikumbirike. The sculpture presents a highly stylized figural grouping, as is so oft...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Joyful Bowler, " Serpentine Sculpture signed by Felix Mlungisi an African Shona
By Felix Mlungisi
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Joyful Bowler" is a serpentine sculpture signed by Felix Mlungisi an African Shona. This figure is shown squatting and looking upwards with eyes closed. Their hair is not polished s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Mother Playing with a New Baby Boy C-12, " Black Serpentine signed by Madamombe
By Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mother Playing with a New Baby Boy" is an original black serpentine sculpture by renowned Zimbabwe artist Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the sculpture. It depicts a woman hold...
Category
Early 2000s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Family
original signed Shona stone sculpture by Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
By Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Family' is an original stone sculpture signed by Zimbabwean artist Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira. The composition is an example of the family groupings, with each figure arranged as though they were a flower in a bouquet, that are so desired from Shona sculptors. Though the figures are ambiguous and stylized, the figures are arranged using a hierarchy of scale: the matriarch (perhaps a grandmother) towers over the other members of her family, with her children and grandchildren below. Thusly, sculptures like this present a vision of family structure and unity.
opal stone (serpentine)
36 x 13.5 x 11 inches
signed 'W. Maz' along base
Overall good condition. Please contact us for a complete condition assessment.
Born on January 17th, 1982 in East Mashonaland, Harare, Wonder (often spelled Wander) is the fifth born of a family of 6...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Golek Puppet (Female), " Wood
Cloth created by Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek Puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 24 1/2" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can ...
Category
Early 20th Century Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Circus Gymnast
19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Circus Gymnast, 19th Century by Unknown (French) creator.
Category
19th Century Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Footballer (Soccer Player)
original stone sculpture signed by Canaan Ngandu
By Canaan Ngandu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Footballer (Soccer Player)' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Canaan Musiyiwa Ngandu. The sculpture presents an abstract figure in Ngandu's qu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Saluting Bird
original opal serpentine sculpture signed by Canaan Ngandu
By Canaan Ngandu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Saluting Bird' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Canaan Musiyiwa Ngandu. The sculpture presents an abstract figure in Ngandu's quintessential ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Scratching Bird
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Rangarirai Makunde
By Rangarirai Makunde
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Scratching Bird' is an original serpentine stone sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Rangarirai Makunde. In the sculpture, a long-beaked bird, that might be a shoebill, sits l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Bird Chicken
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Samuel Likongwe
By Samuel Likongwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Bird Chicken' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbbwean artist Samuel Likongwe. Based in Harare, Likongwe was trained in the Shona stone sculpting tradition a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Meditation
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Dudzai Mushawepwere
By Dudzai Mushawepwere
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Meditation' original opal serpentine sculpture signed by Zimbabwean artist Dudzai Mushawepwere. The sculpture uses abstraction in the human figure to capture an abstract state of mind: the sculpture presents the form of a woman, her hips wide and arms long. Her arms reach over and hold her circular head, which floats neckless above the torso like a nearly-setting sun. The figure thusly separates their mind and thoughts from their bodily and earthly concerns and instead connects themselves to the heavens. The image reminds of the dancer drawings...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Blooming Flower
original opal serpentine sculpture signed by Canaan Ngandu
By Canaan Ngandu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Blooming Flower' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Canaan Musiyiwa Ngandu. The sculpture presents an abstract floral figure in Ngandu's quinte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Mother and Child
original Shona stone sculpture signed by Samuel Likongwe
By Samuel Likongwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Mother and Child' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbbwean artist Samuel Likongwe. Based in Harare, Likongwe was trained in the Shona stone sculpting traditi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Father Christmas
original stone Shona sculpture by Marowa
Chideu
By Tendai Marowa
Stanley Chideu
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Father Christmas,' an original springstone sculpture by the Zimbabwean artists Tendai Marowa and Stanley Chideu, would make an excellent holiday gift...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood
Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 25" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang Klitik puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Nail Fetish Bacongo-Zaire, " Glass, Wood,
Metal created circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nail Fetish Bacongo-Zaire" is a sculpture made of glass, wood, and metal created circa 1910. He has a top hat upon his head and face paint. Their right ha...
Category
1910s Tribal Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
standing sculpture, tabletop, rusted steel, figurative, wood, "Gathering 9"
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
tabletop sculpture, indoor sculpture, metal sculpture, wood sculpture, rusted steel; My series of "Gathering" sculptures are table-top pieces made from laminated plywood and rusted s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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"Dolpo Shamanic Figure, " Carved Wood created circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This shamanic figure was created by the Nepalese Dolpo people. It depicts a man with arms at his side.
11 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" figure
Dolpo is a region in Nepal. The Dolpo peopl...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Chicken Pox, " Ceramic Platter with Chickens
a Man signed by Michael Gross
By Michael Gross
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chicken Pox" is an original ceramic platter by Michael Gross. The artist signed the piece "Gross". It depicts a gray man with chicken pox and some yellow birds with teeth.
20" diameter
The ceramic sculptures of Wisconsin artist Michael Gross are personal narratives that reveal an unusual mix of earthly magic and primal vitality. The artist works in a variety of forms, including figurines, large vessels and furniture. With over a dozen museum exhibitions under his belt, the artist is a regular exhibitor at SOFA in New York...
Category
1980s Expressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Cow and Ballerina, " Painted Wood Sculpture signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow and Ballerina" is an original painted wood sculpture by Schomer Lichtner. It features a high-kicking ballerina standing on the back of a cow. The artist signed the piece.
36" x 61" x 26" art
Milwaukee artist, Schomer Lichtner passed away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices.
Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas, such as his "Ballerina Dancing on Cow" sculpture below. The late James Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel referred to Lichtner as the artist laureate of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the official artist of the Milwaukee Ballet.
Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County.
According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre, " joy of life," and expressed it in his art.
Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
"N
Tadi King - Zaire, " Carved Cothe Stone Sculpture created between 1800-1850
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This sculpture was created out of cothe stone to represent the king of the N'Tadi tribe in Zaire. This tribe is now called Pende. The sculpture stands 15 1/2" x 6" x 5 1/2".
The Pe...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta, " Carved
Painted Wood created c. 1945
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bobo Mask Burkina Fasso-Upper Volta" is a wood carved sculpture with painted details. It features the image of an abstracted face with a large almost elepha...
Category
1940s Tribal Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Baluba Stool Zaire, " a Wood Carving c. 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Baluba Stool Zaire" is a Wood Carving from Africa created around 1910. The base is solid and flat, but above it are three figures embracing each other holding with their heads the s...
Category
Early 20th Century Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Senufo Mask of Ceremonies (from Republic Ivory Coast), " Painted Carved Wood
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Senufo Mask of Ceremonies (from Republic Ivory Coast)" is an carved wood artifact from the Senufo people of Africa, in the northeastern cote d'Ivoire. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Head of Girl with Fancy Earrings, " Steel signed by Fred Cantava
By Fred Cantave
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Girl with Fancy Earrings" is an original steel sculpture by Haitian artist Fred Cantave. The artist signed the base. It depicts a face without a mouth and with braided hair ...
Category
Early 2000s Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood
Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 20" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Ekamka Fetish - Nigeria, " Carved Wood Figure created circa 1910
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Ekamka Fetish sculpture was carved from wood by an unknown Nigerian artist. It depicts a figure holding a mask. The figure has two symbolic horns protruding from his head and he sits on a thin...
Category
1910s Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Monumental, " Springstone Sculpture signed by Shona artist Phineas Masaya
By Phineas Masaya
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Monumental" is an original springstone sculpture by Shona sculptor Phineas Masaya. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstracted figure.
10 1/2" x 4" x 4" art
Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London.
It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture as seen today began during the late colonial period of the 1950's and 1960's. During this period the artists and artisans depicted many of the traditional Shona and other tribal spiritual myths.
Out of all the nations in Africa, the large varieties and abundant supplies of rock formations present throughout the Zimbabwe landscape...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"The Merger Will Have Its Ups
Downs" Clay Sculpture on Wood by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Merger Will Have Its Ups & Downs" is an original clay sculpture painted with acrylic paint by Reginald K. Gee. The sculptures are on a stained wood base. This sculpture depicts ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Wood, Acrylic
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 23" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"BaPende Statue - Zaire, " Carved Wood Sculpture created in Africa circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This statue was carved by an unknown Pende artist from Zaire. It depicts a walking man with a disc-shape on his head and large eyes.
25 3/4" x 7" sculpture
The Pende people are an...
Category
1940s Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 28" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
"Wooden Figure, " Carved Wood created in Indonesia during the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This wooden figure was created by an unknown Indonesian artist and features a dark-skinned man with a mustache and a distended stomach. It is appro...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Angel
original black stone Shona sculpture signed by Felix Mlungisi
By Felix Mlungisi
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Angel' is original black serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Felix Mlungisi. In this work, the angel is stylized in the manner of the Shona s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
