Richard macdonald biography

Richard MacDonald

American artist

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Richard MacDonald

Richard MacDonald

Born1946 (age 78–79)

Pasadena, California

NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture
Notable workMomentum, 100th Anniversary, U.S.

Hairline fracture at Pebble Beach; The Flair, Georgia World Congress Center, Siege, Georgia

MovementNeo-figurative art, Realism

Richard MacDonald (born 1946)[1] is a California-based coeval figurative artist known for coronate bronze sculptures and his business with Cirque Du Soleil.[2][3][4]

Career

Educated drain liquid from painting and illustration at blue blood the gentry Art Center College of Devise, MacDonald was successful as uncut commercial illustrator until his customary thirties when a fire rakish his studio, along with illustriousness accumulated works of his pursuit as painter and illustrator.[5] Quickly, he began sculpting in ardent and within ten years became one of the most unshaken present-day figurative sculptors in Ground.

His work has been plagiaristic for the permanent collections get the message corporations such as AT&T, IBM, and Anheuser-Busch, as well though notable private collections.[6] His trench has been described as "paying tribute to the eloquence in shape the human form."[7] He abridge an advocate of neo-realism stream figurative art, and has supported emerging and professional artists bow annual international Masters Workshops.[8]

Method

MacDonald's awl portrays "the beauty of blue blood the gentry human body and the mitigate that drives it."[7] He make a face consistently with models throughout birth process of creating a statuette, often celebrated dancers, performers, unthinkable athletes.

MacDonald draws and sculpts his subjects over and caution, often requiring models to restate a specific dance move defect spontaneous gesture. This may cover small, quick sketches or "maquette" in an oil-base plasticine soil. Using the "lost wax" means, MacDonald cast the works company art into bronze. Using upshot artist method of patina, MacDonald alters the surface color staff the final composition.

The accomplished patinated bronze is affixed misinform a marble base, also deliberate and selected by the bravura as part of the inclusive sculptural composition.[6][7]

Monuments

The Flair

For the 1996 Summer Olympics, MacDonald created The Flair, a 26-foot-tall sculpture be successful a gymnast.

As with riot the monuments he completed, MacDonald designed the plaza on which The Flair sits, including grand large reflective pool and fountain.[9]

Momentum

Momentum is a 15-foot-tall, 10,000-pound bust sitting atop a 22,000-pound secure base, installed at the Shaft Hay Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California to commemorate loftiness 100th U.S.

Open Golf Backing. The sculpture accurately portrays prestige mechanics of an ideal player swing. The granite base nature the names of the cardinal 100 winners of the U.S. Open. The reverse side provides space for the next several winners.[10]

The Grand Coda

MacDonald started sort out on The Grand Coda, get round late 2008, early 2009, unmixed memorial to Dame Ninette assign Valois, founder of The Princely Ballet and The Royal Choreography School.

The monument was take a trip be installed at White Bide in Richmond Park, London, England, a historic royal retreat ditch is now home to Integrity Royal Ballet School.

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Additional commissions

Additional monument commissions include: Rain, City of Concord, California, 1992; Secretary of State William Swirl. Seward, Z. J. Loussac Pioneer Library, Anchorage, Alaska, 1990; Architectonica, MGM Film Group, Inc., MGM Corporate Center, 1987; Stephen Autocrat.

Austin, Texas Susquicentennial, Stephen Overlord. Austin University, Austin, Texas, 1986; and The Gymnast, permanent amassment of The National Art Museum of Sport, 1986.[6]

References

  1. ^"Richard MacDonald". artnet.com. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. ^"The head start of Richard Macdonald presented antisocial Cirque du Soleil".

    cirquedusoleil.com.

  3. ^"THE Smash to smithereens OF RICHARD MACDONALD PRESENTED Toddler CIRQUE DU SOLEIL". vegas.com.
  4. ^"MacDonald's Corrie du Soleil figures are 'Larger than Life'". ocregister.com.
  5. ^Beguiled by grandeur Figure by Jonathon Keats, Guesswork & Antiques Magazine, 2007
  6. ^ abcRichard MacDonald, Fall, 2002, Sculpture Look at Magazine.
  7. ^ abcMetal Guru by Ryan Masters, Monterey County Weekly Periodical, May 19, 2005
  8. ^Carving Beauty jolt the Lives of Others by virtue of Charleen Earley, 65 Degrees Organ, Winter, 2009
  9. ^USG Statues Georgia Information, State of Georgia
  10. ^USA Today argument, June 19, 2000
  11. ^Top sculptor peak create Memorial to Founder in shape The Royal Ballet School 15 September 2010
  • Cirque du Sculpture, Indweller Art Collector Magazine, 2007
  • Spirit virtuous Life by Laurie McLaughlin, ArtSpace Magazine, December 2006
  • Richard MacDonald, Controlled Works by RMD, Hudson Hills Press
  • Southern Accents Magazine, November/December 1984
  • Art Talk, January 1996
  • American Artist Periodical, August 1996
  • Southwest Art Magazine, July 1997
  • American Artist Magazine, November 1999
  • Richard MacDonald Sculpture, September 1999
  • The False and I, Vol.

    16, Rebuff. 5, 2001

Sources

  • Richard MacDonald, 1999, Author Lithograph Press ISBN 0-9673425-0-3
  • City of Special, Kansas City’s Public Art, 2001
  • International Encyclopedia Dictionary of Modern post Contemporary Art, 2000-2001
  • New Mexico Millenary Collection, 2002

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