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Just Rewards for Great Work
Sculptor Louis Laumen (b 1958, The Netherlands- ) came to Australia with his family in 1960. Laumen studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (Fine Art – Sculpture); Bachelor of Fine Art and Graduate Diploma of Fine Art (with … Continue reading
Discoveries & Memories of the Statues of the Tuileries
The famous Tuileries Garden are on almost everyone’s Parisian adventurers ‘bucket list’, and it is very easy to see why. The Tuileries were named after tile-yards (Tuileries) on the site, prior to a Palace was built for Catherine de Medici. … Continue reading
Down For a Ride With the Girl On a Slide
Australian painter, sculptor and teacher John Stuart Dowie was born on 15 January 1915, in the Adelaide suburb of Prospect. He was one of South Australia’s most respected sculptors and his works appear all over Adelaide. One of these include: “Girl on … Continue reading
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Tagged #Adelaide, bronze, bronze sculptures, John Dowie, rundle Mall, statues
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The hounds of love are calling – for Diana
Some people may recognize this bronze statue of Diana and the Hounds which stands in front of the Conservatory in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. It is the work of Australian sculptor William Leslie Bowles, who was born on 26 February 1885 in Leichhardt, New South Wales. He … Continue reading
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Tagged A.B. Burton, Bertram Mackennal, bronzes, Diana and the Hounds, Diana Minerva & Vesta, Sculpture, statues
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