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Collectables => Metalware & Metalwork => Topic started by: Anne on October 19, 2011, 05:22:34 PM

Title: Robert Glen, sculptor of bronze animals and figures
Post by: Anne on October 19, 2011, 05:22:34 PM

"Born in Kenya in 1940, Robert Glen?s interest in art and natural history began at an early age. At sixteen years old, he was accepted to serve an apprenticeship in taxidermy at the renowned studio of Coloman Jonas in Denver, Colorado. It was then that his interest in sculpture was born. Returning home after three years of training, he began a transition from taxidermy to sculpting animals in the European tradition of animaliers, working in various media before casting his first bronze in 1970."

http://www.gobronze.org/artists/glen/glen.html

Amazing lifelike sculptors by a master of his craft... wow!

Title: Re: Robert Glen, sculptor of bronze animals and figures
Post by: keith on October 20, 2011, 12:30:15 AM

Incredible stuff,beats my plasticine sausage dogs :czy:

Title: Re: Robert Glen, sculptor of bronze animals and figures
Post by: Anne E.B. on October 20, 2011, 04:55:37 PM

WOW!  Terrific work.
His understanding and observance of anatomy from his taxidermy days is very evident.

Title: Re: Robert Glen, sculptor of bronze animals and figures
Post by: Anne on October 20, 2011, 06:23:38 PM

I thought they were stunningly good, I especially loved the elephants and the giraffes groupings, but the others are amazing too, as are the people figures, surely some of the best I've seen.