I’ve posted on Brookgreen Gardens before (see here), cropping the photos to show just the sculptures. But one of the marvelous features of Brookgreen is that many of the sculptures have a small garden or another area specifically designed to set them off. In this series of posts, with photos taken in early June when the gardens were full of flowers, I’m trying to give a sense of those gorgeous settings.
Ex Nihilo, Fragment #14, 1977-1979
Frederick Hart (1943-1999) is best known for his Creation at Washington National Cathedral (Ex Nihilo is a fragment of that) and for Three Soldiers, one of the representative elements at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
William Zorach (1887-1966, born
in Lithuania) and his wife, Marguerite Thompson (1887-1968), were heavily
influenced by Cubism and Fauvism. Both had works on display at the 1913 Armory Show in
New York. Zorach eventually switched from painting to sculpture. The block-like
composition of this piece is very reminiscent of the sculptures at the Bronx County Courthouse (161st
Street & Grand Concourse). Those were completed in 1934 by a group of
artists, including Adolph A. Weinman (more on him below). Robin Salmon notes
in Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture that
this is a cast of a quarter-size model for a work displayed at the 1939 New
York World’s Fair, whose slogan as “Building the World of Tomorrow.” The
pyramidal group represents workers, builders, and pioneers.
Edward F. Hoffman III (1916-1991), born in Philadelphia, based the pose of this child on sketches of his one-year-old daughter. I find this one very endearing.
The title is from William Ernest Henley’s “Invictus,” one of my favorite poems … so I really wanted to like the sculpture. Alas, I find all those flapping wings too confusing. It’s by Alice Morgan Wright (1881-1975), a native of Albany, NY.
This charming, light-hearted mythological work is not the usual style of Adolph A. Weinman (1870-1952). In New York, he sculpted Samuel Rea at Penn Station, Civic Fame on the Municipal Building, Alexander Hamilton at the Museum of the City of New York, and many other works: see the list here.
Paul Moore (b. 1957), born in Oklahoma City, is a citizen of the (Creek) Muscogee Nation, Sweet Potato Clan. He has created dozens of portraits and monuments. I have no idea what ceremony is represented in this sculpture, but the detail and the suggestion of motion are exceptional.
Edward Field Sanford, Jr. (1886-1951) was heavily influenced by Paul Manship’s adaptation of the style of Archaic Greece, with its sharp silhouettes and decorative elements. This graceful early work reminds me more of Erté than of Manship. Sanford is known for his architectural sculptures, particularly a large series for the State Capitol in Sacramento, California, in which the influence of Manship is more obvious (here).
For more of my posts on Brookgreen, click here. The official site is here.
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