Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel was a French sculptor who was born in 1864 and died in 1943. She studied at the Académie Colarossi and met various influential sculptures, including Alfred Boucher, her mentor. She later became very well known for studying under, as well as having a relationship with Auguste Rodin. This relationship was infamous, as Rodin was already in a relationship and over 20 years her senior. Her art style initially reflected that of Rodin's, having the opportunity to more closely study the nude human body. She was known for her work in bronze and marble, but also for making very inappropriate art that was seen as sensual, eventually leading in her being sent to a mental institution. She destroyed most of her work, leaving around 90 pieces left.

Michelangelo

Michelangelo was an Italian artist. He was a painter, sculpture, poet, and architect. His full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. He was born March 6 1475 and died February 18 1564. In 1488 Michelangelo was sent to Florence, but he was not very interested in school. He was inspired by art in the churches and often tried to copy the paintings there. When Michelangelo was 13 years old, he became the apprentice of Ghirlandaio (a renaissance painter). Then Michelangelo began studying at an art academy. Michelangelo was well like and his art was popular while he was alive. Michelangelo only signed one piece of art, the Pietá.

Madona of Bruges (One of Michelangelo's earliest pieces)


Sistine Chapel



David


Brutus


Pietá

Barbara Hepworth

               Barbara Hepworth was born on January 10, 1903 in Wakefield, England. She attended Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She moved to Italy in 1925 to learn to carve marble from sculptor Giovanni Ardini. After a year, she moved back to England to display her pieces. Hepworth was a large influence on the development of modern art and abstract sculptures. In her 1931 “Pierced Form”, she introduced the hole to modern British sculpture. Hepworth visited Paris, and in 1931 she joined the Abstration-Création movement. This movement counteracted the surrealist movement. She died in 1975 and her studio became the Barbara Hepworth Museum.

ulrich rückriem

ulrich rückriem

i investigated ulrich rückriem. he is a german sculptor born on september 30, 1938 in düsseldorf, and is notable for his large stone sculptures. he lives in cologne, germany where he worked as a stone-mason for the cologne cathedral. he apprenticed as a stonecutter in düren before moving to cologne. in 1963, rückriem began working as a free-lance artist.

rückriem sought to relate his sculptures to the public spaces they occupied. he uses a lot of geometry to achieve this. he alternates between rough and smooth surfaces to create dimension. 

Auguste Rodin

Paul Paulin

Auguste Rodin's (1840-1917) work spanned the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Unlike most French artists at the time, he was not educated at the École des Beaux-Arts (THE prestigious school for training and refining French artists). This in no way inhibited his artistic process and scope nor his respect for sculptural traditions and technique. In fact, the inspiration he pulled from tradition along with his firm belief that art should model nature paved the way to his success. Rodin strived to portray human expression, namely extreme sadness and joy. It is therefore no wonder he worked large and almost always made use of his base material (usually bronze, marble, plaster and clay). Note that he was also not afraid to leave things untouched and sometimes even incomplete.

Andromeda
(1886)
marble
29.8 x 29.2 x 22.9 cm

(casted bronze)

The Gates of Hell
unfinished (worked on for 37 years)
plaster model during lifetime, cast once he died
635 x 400 x 85 cm

I Am Beautiful
(1885)
plaster, cast in 1925
69.8 x 33.2 x 34.5 cm
- inscribed poem from Charles Baudelaire into base -
*both figures appeared in the Gates of Hell beforehand*

(casted bronze)

The Kiss
(1882)
marble
181.5 x 112.5 x 117 cm

(rear)

The Shade
modeled 1881-1886, enlarged 1901-1904
191.8 x 112.1 x 50.2 cm
*appeared in the Gates of Hell before*

Manuel Neri

Manuel Neri was born on April 12, 1930.  He is a renowned Bay Area artist, and is the son of immigrant parents who travelled to the United States to escape the violence of the Mexican Revolution.  Going into college he intended to become an electrical engineer, but was inspired by one of his classes to become an artist.  He began his art career as an abstract expressionist, but later shifted towards more figurative art.

Jean Arp

Jean Arp was born on the 16th of September 1886 and lived for nearly 80 years. He attended the École des Arts et Métiers until 1904 when he left for Paris to write poetry. He helped found the Dada movement which influenced the surrealist movement. His works are abstract and are made in many different mediums. He did not only stone carve but also painted, printed, and did murals. When the German army attempted to draft him, he showed up to their offices naked; his draft form had every blank filled with the days data and a sum of the numbers written at the bottom. By the time he passed away he received many awards for his work including the Order of Merit with a Star of the German Republic.

Kyle Berman