'Paul Manship’s large figural groups are idealized and refer to mythic characters and stories. The artist used the same stylization in his animal sculptures as in his figural groups, but to different effect. In an intimate scale, this stylization accentuates the decorative quality of each animal. By exaggerating certain features or expressions, Manship also lets a little bit of their personalities peek through. This is especially visible in his gilded works, where the gold patina highlights the contours of the animal’s forms and their precise surface details. Many of Manship’s animal sculptures were originally created as part of his design for the gates of New York’s Bronx Zoo.' https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/king-penguin-15919

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘King Penguin’ Paul Manship (1885-1966) & Angelo Colombo. Gilded bronze on lapis lazuli base. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1932.
👉ALT
#wildlife #biodiversity #ornithology #penguins #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Design for the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gateway, New York Zoological Park’
#PaulManship (1885-1966). Pen & ink, watercolor, crayon, gouache, pencil on paper.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
1934
#wildlife #biodiversity #BronxZoo #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Baboon’ Paul Manship (1885-1966). Bronze. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.37. Modeled 1932, cast posthumously.
#wildlife #biodiversity #baboons #apes #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Beaver’
Paul Manship (1885-1966)
Terra cotta. 68.3 x 42.3 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1955.
#wildlife #biodiversity #beavers #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

‘Paul Manship’s large figural groups are idealized and refer to mythic characters and stories. The artist used the same stylization in his animal sculptures as in his figural groups, but to different effect. In an intimate scale, this stylization accentuates the decorative quality of each animal. By exaggerating certain features or expressions, Manship also lets a little bit of their personalities peek through. This is especially visible in his gilded works, where the gold patina highlights the contours of the animal’s forms and their precise surface details. Many of Manship’s animal sculptures were originally created as part of his design for the gates of New York’s Bronx Zoo.’ https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/tortoise-16111

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Tortoise’ Paul Manship (1885-1966). Bronze. Smithsonian American Art Museum (Bequest of Paul Manship). 1932.
👉ALT
#wildlife #biodiversity #tortoises #reptiles #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

👉 Let’s hear it for New Classicism!

Birthday Remembrances. Today, Dec 24, 1885 – #PaulManship, American sculptor (d. 1966) was born.

youtu.be/CiSx9xFFNGE

On this day in 1885, Paul Manship was born! This American sculptor dazzled with his art, leaving a legacy as bright as his membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His works even graced the 1932 Summer Olympics! 🎨 #history #cronologia #ArtHistory #PaulManship

#CHRISTMAS in #NewYork
'Holiday Time at Rockefeller Center'
Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962)
Oil on canvas. N.D. (ca. 1960?).
#Holidays #Christmas #Natale #Feste #RockefellerCenter #Manhattan #Prometheus #PaulManship

‘Paul Manship’s large figural groups are idealized and refer to mythic characters and stories. The artist used the same stylization in his animal sculptures as in his figural groups, but to different effect. In an intimate scale, this stylization accentuates the decorative quality of each animal. By exaggerating certain features or expressions, Manship also lets a little bit of their personalities peek through. This is especially visible in his gilded works, where the gold patina highlights the contours of the animal’s forms and their precise surface details. Many of Manship’s animal sculptures were originally created as part of his design for the gates of New York’s Bronx Zoo.’ https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/pelican-16003

#wildlife #biodiversityawareness #WorldWildlife
‘Pelican’ #PaulManship (1885-1966) & Angelo Colombo. Gilded bronze on lapis lazuli base.
Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1932.
👉ALT
#biodiversity #ornithology #pelicans #sculpture #AmericanArt

'Paul Manship’s large figural groups are idealized and refer to mythic characters and stories. The artist used the same stylization in his animal sculptures as in his figural groups, but to different effect. In an intimate scale, this stylization accentuates the decorative quality of each animal. By exaggerating certain features or expressions, Manship also lets a little bit of their personalities peek through. This is especially visible in his gilded works, where the gold patina highlights the contours of the animal’s forms and their precise surface details. Many of Manship’s animal sculptures were originally created as part of his design for the gates of New York’s Bronx Zoo.' https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/king-penguin-15919

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘King Penguin’ Paul Manship (1885-1966) & Angelo Colombo. Gilded bronze on lapis lazuli base. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1932.
👉ALT
#wildlife #biodiversity #ornithology #penguins #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Design for the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gateway, New York Zoological Park’
#PaulManship (1885-1966). Pen & ink, watercolor, crayon, gouache, pencil on paper.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
1934
#wildlife #biodiversity #BronxZoo #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Baboon’ Paul Manship (1885-1966). Bronze. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.37. Modeled 1932, cast posthumously.
#wildlife #biodiversity #baboons #apes #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Beaver’
Paul Manship (1885-1966)
Terra cotta. 68.3 x 42.3 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1955.
#wildlife #biodiversity #beavers #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

‘Paul Manship’s large figural groups are idealized and refer to mythic characters and stories. The artist used the same stylization in his animal sculptures as in his figural groups, but to different effect. In an intimate scale, this stylization accentuates the decorative quality of each animal. By exaggerating certain features or expressions, Manship also lets a little bit of their personalities peek through. This is especially visible in his gilded works, where the gold patina highlights the contours of the animal’s forms and their precise surface details. Many of Manship’s animal sculptures were originally created as part of his design for the gates of New York’s Bronx Zoo.’ https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/tortoise-16111 26-3-24

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Tortoise’ Paul Manship (1885-1966). Bronze. Smithsonian American Art Museum (Bequest of Paul Manship). 1932.
👉ALT
#wildlife #biodiversity #tortoises #reptiles #PaulManship #sculpture #AmericanArt

Sundial and fountain ‘Moods of Time and Fates of Man’ with sculptures by Paul Manship (1885-1966), Constitution Mall. 1939 New York World’s Fair.
#PaulManship #NYWorldsFair1939 #sundial

Shown here is a view of the View of the #Trylon and #Perisphere being dismantled in New York, on January 23, 1941’
In the foreground:
sundial and fountain ‘Moods of Time and Fates of Man’ with sculptures by #PaulManship;
‘The Astronomer’, statue by #CarlMilles.
#NYWorldsFair1939

👉 Let’s hear it for New Classicism!

Birthday Remembrances. Today, Dec 24, 1885 – #PaulManship, American sculptor (d. 1966) was born.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSx9xFFNGE

Floral Archway to Statue of Prometheus
a 1934 sculpture by Paul Manship
New York City, New York

#statue #photography #streetphotography #promethus #paulmanship #arches #flowers