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Lysippos was known as one of the three best Classical Greek sculptors of the fourth century BC. He, along with sculptors Scopas of Paros and Praxiteles of Athens, were instrumental in ushering in the Hellenistic period’s artistic revolution. Read more Section: News Premium Preview Read Later Source
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Japan-Based Sculptor Recreates ‘The Great Wave Off Kanagawa’ With 50,000 Lego Pieces
July 16th, 2021 
Awake Goy A Japan-based Lego artist employed his considerable skills to build a wonderful recreation of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” using 50,000 cobalt and white Lego pieces. Jumpei Mitsui—one of only 21 Lego Certified Professionals in the world—utilizes the colorful plastic building blocks to create sophisticated and fascinating works of art. During a project late last […]
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No Comments »Wall Street Charging Bull sculptor Arturo Di Modica dies aged 80
February 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Arturo Di Modica, the sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” statue has died in his home town of Vittoria, Sicily, Italian media reported on Saturday, citing friends of the Italian artist. Di Modica, who recently turned 80, had been fighting cancer for many years, La Repubblica daily said. Located in Bowling Green at the heart […]
Friends continue legacy of Gaza sand sculptor killed during Land Day protest
April 6th, 2018 Awake Goy Mohammed Abu Amr’s last creation on the beach in Gaza said, “I will return.” A day later, Mohammed, 23, was killed along with 16 other Palestinians demonstrating on the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. Mohammed’s father believes that his son used to spend hours sculpting his artwork on the beach. “I think the beach sand was […]
Posted in World News Tags: continue, during, friends, killed, legacy, protest, sculptor No Comments »Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle – Sculptor of Sensitive Spirituality
September 20th, 2017 Awake Goy Biography from German Art Gallery Self Portrait Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle (1884–1974), who came from a family of gardeners, was a German painter, drawer and sculptor. He studied from 1903 to 1905 at the Kunstakademie Berlin with Paul Meyerheim and later with Balthasar Schmitt at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. From 1911 to 1914, […]
Kurt Schmid-Ehmen: German Sculptor of the Reichsadler
September 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Kurt Schmid-Ehmen (born October 23, 1901 in Torgau, Germany, died 14 July 1968 in Starnberg) was a German sculptor. Wikipedia: He is regarded as the creator of the Reichsadler and the Nazi emblem. He studied at the Leipziger Akademie with Adolf Lehnert and Münchner Akademie and was master-master Bernhard Bleekers . He first attracted attention […]
Georg Kolbe – Leading German Figure Sculptor of his Generation
August 28th, 2017 Awake Goy Tänzerin From Faces of Ancient Europe Georg Kolbe (15 April 1877 – 20 November 1947) one of the most successful sculptors of his time in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France. Career In 1905, Kolbe joined the ‘Berliner Sezession’, which in 1913, he left to join the ‘Freie Sezession’ […]
Posted in World News Tags: figure, generation, georg, German, kolbe, leading, sculptor No Comments »Anton Grauel – Renowned German sculptor
August 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Anton Grauel (1897–1971), born in Bad Soden near Frankfurt, came from an old artisan family from the Electorate of Hesse. In 1911, at the age of 14, Grauel began an apprenticeship as a woodcarver in Fuldau; he worked and studied engraving/ wood sculpture under Josef Steinle until 1914. Grauel went into military services from 1916 […]
Joseph Wackerle: German Sculptor of Primal Power
August 2nd, 2017 Awake Goy From Faces of Ancient Europe German sculptor Joseph Wackerle (1880–1959), the son of a builder, was born in Partenkirchen. He went to the Commercial Arts School and later to the Art Academy in Munich. Adolf von Hildebrand influenced Wackerle, just as he later influenced the sculptor Arno Breker. In 1904 Wackerle won the ‘Rompreis’ which […]
The Neoclassical Works of German Sculptor Emil Hipp
June 23rd, 2017 Awake Goy From Faces of Ancient Europe Emil Hipp (born 10 March 1893 in Stuttgart , died August 1, 1965 in Kiefersfelden) was a German sculptor and architect. Hipp is the representative of the style of neoclassicalism, which is widespread in architecture in national socialism. Hipp created reliefs and sculptures for representative, national socialist buildings such as […]
