Dance - Sculptors Sponsored by Sterett-Gittings Kelsey

• Realistic, Figurative Bronze
  
  
• Sterett-Gittings Kelsey - Fine Bronze Dance Sculpture - Sterett-Gittings Kelsey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1941, and was graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. in Sculpture in 1964. Kelsey works primarily in bronze with figures ranging from three inches to fourteen feet in height. The Kelsey bronzes are owned by connoisseurs and collectors of investment-level fine art around the world. Today these masterworks in bronze are in more than 300 private collections and public corporations worldwide. See: Biography and Permanent Collections, Gallery, Critiques Contact: kelsey@kelseysculpture.com or 800-529-1553 in Cross River New York USA
  
  
• Andrew DeVries Moving, dancing, fluid forms in bronze.... his work embraces human potential. Sculptor Andrew DeVries creates with the fire of his vision, the fire of his furnace and the fire of his immense determination. Today DeVries’ work still maintains the fluid line and sense of form developed years ago in the ballet studio. See: Biography, Sculpture Gallery (particularly Figurative), Studio Tour, Bronze Process Contact: adevries@javanet.com or : (413) 238-7755 in Huntington Massachusetts USA
  
  
• John Keller The Renaissance beauty of the human form is the driving force behind his remarkable figurative work. His current series has received special acknowledgment from American Ballet Theater for its strong design, its anatomical precision - and its powerful emotion. With major pieces permanently displayed on the campus of Kent State University, The Monterey Peninsula Conference Center and in private collections, he is part of a classical rebirth - and is recognized as a modern-day sculptor of tremendous influence and ability. See: Bio, Ballet Sculptures Contact: Harkell@aol.com or 831-659-7307 in Carmel Valley California
  
  
• George Carlson Carlson's style of art is a liquid mix of impressionism and realism. The quality of details is undeniable, yet just enough looseness of form exists for the viewer to project his or her own feelings on the piece, to explore the spirit of the subject from within the framework of their own histories. This dichotomy of focus mixed with great drive and sure talent has made George Carlson the icon of both sculpture and painting he is in the art world. See: Biography, Bronze Dance Sculpture
  
  
• Julie Lambert Self-taught sculptor Julie D. Lambert has been a ballet teacher and choreographer for most of her adult life. She was founder and Artistic Director for a professional company in Dallas for thirteen years. Her last two years with the company were spent in residence at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she was an adjunct faculty member in their interdisciplinary Arts and Performance program. Ms. Lambert now lives in Montréal where she works as a sculptor and a writer and collaborates with her choreographer husband on dance projects. Her children's plays and dance-theater works have been performed for over a quarter of a million people and are currently in performance in Quebec and Ontario in both French and English. See: Bronze Sculptures Contact: staff@katymoon.com in Montreal Canada
  
  
• Leigh Brewer "Galerie de Brewer" is owned by well known choreographer and director Leigh Brewer who first exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts. Involved in the arts all her life, she has been concentrating on creating her original sculpture since 1992, previously painting in oil and watercolour. Her sculptures are in both New Zealand and USA collections. "I work primarily in bronze using the lost wax method and capture the energy and movement of dance, which is musically inspired" See: History, Works for Sale
  
  
• Roger Burnett As a sculptor Roger concentrates on the portrait and figure. During this century the abstract has largely divested sculpture of its age-old traditions and disciplines. Through his work he hopes to create a greater awareness and understanding of those skills. The site is primarily intended as a means of introducing school children, students and the public at large to the working methods of the portrait and figure sculptor. Through illustrated diary pages you can follow every stage of the creative process, from the initial clay sketch to the final bronze cast. See: Biography, Dancing Girls (Diary 38) then go back and read Diary 19, Diary 23, Diary 25, Diary 29, Diary 31 and more. Contact: Guestbook
  
  
• Abstract
  
  
• Barry Johnston Sculptor Barry Johnston's art and bronze sculptures are about personal and interpersonal relationships. Coming out of the highly abstract and yet pragmatic profession of architecture, he evolved as both a dreamer and a realist. As an artist and sculptor, he seeks to understand the stimulus of life itself; that which gives our lives meaning and purpose. See: Biography, Bronze Sculptures (particularly "Dancer", 1985, and "Ballerina", 1988)
  
  
• Lubomir Tomaszewski Born in Warsaw, Poland, Lubomir's interest in the visual world started very early in his childhood: he drew well before speaking. He is the third generation of fine artists from his mother's line. From his father's line he inherits technological and mathematical interest which have led to his involvement in design and industrial forms. See: Sculpture (particularly Fairy and Butterfly)
  
  
• Candace Knapp Candace’s public art commissions include
  “The Enchanted Mangrove Forest”, for St. Petersburg’s Municipal Building and “Litigation” for the Courthouse in Tampa. Closely associated with The Florida Orchestra for the last eight years, she has been inspired to produce sculptures on musical themes. "I see sculpture as matter infused with spirit. I like to create energetic forms that suggest movement. In viewing the sculpture, we may not hear the music but we can see it’s effect upon the instrument and know that it is real. See: Biography, Figurative, Public Art, Inhabited Forms.
  
  
• Jamie Vans My work is based mainly on variations on the human figure which seems to me the most natural and beautiful subject for sculpture and is a source of constant interest. See: CV, Acrobat, Dance
  
  
• Jeff Tritel Over the years, Tritel has challenged himself with most mediums. He has sculpted in wax as a first step to the lost-wax method of bronze casting and he has fabricated monumental mixed media pieces incorporating the contrasts of furs and fiberglass, bronze screening and pearlescent lacquers. His work mainly reflects a figurative medium and he often draws from fantasy, mythology and psychology for his subject matter. See: Music-Dance, Who is Jeff Tritel
  
  
• David Schluss No biography, but some very interesting dance, figurative and music related bronze sculptures.
  
  
• Groups
  
  
• Artpark International Ltd - Artparks Sculpture The ArtParks are a collection of gardens and spaces outdoors, that are open air galleries dotted about the country with the same ethos of showing as wide a variety as possible of sculpture in various settings for sale, or just simply to enjoy viewing. Each ArtPark with its individual approach, has anything upto 200 pieces by about 100 artists from all over Britain, Europe, Asia, Africa, America and elsewhere, and naturally are constantly changing. Each has its own particular flavour and specialisation, though there is a common thread of quality, affordability and variety running through all of them. See: Dancers Sculpture, British Sculptors, New World-European Sculptors Contact: + 44 (0)1 481 235571.
  
  
• Historical
  
  
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Life, Works, Style, References, The Degas House, Edgar Degas Foundation
  
  
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917) The French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1915) spent his artistic career searching for "truth" in sculpture. Concerned with the accuracy of movements and posture, he studied the movements and poses of all his subjects--including the ballerina--endlessly.