Thursday, October 4, 2018

Sculpture gardens in Washington DC




In Washington DC there are several interesting and nice sculpture gardens which present 
sculptures in a natural landscape.
On the Mall in the Smithsonian complex we visited two sculpture gardens:
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Monument to Balzac by Auguste Rodin at the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden.

Les Bourgeois de Calais is one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin.
It commemorates an event stated to have occurred during the Hundred Years' War, when Calais,
a French port on the English Channel, was under siege by the English for about eleven months.
Calais commissioned Rodin to create the sculpture in 1884 and the work was completed in 1889.


Walking Man by Auguste Rodin

Crouching Woman, also known as Lust by Auguste Rodin, 1880-1882 
at the Hirshhorn Museum the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden.


The Great Warrior of Montauban is a bronze sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle. 
It was commissioned in 1897, by the village of Montauban to commemorate 
the Franco-Prussian War.


King and Queen, a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, designed in 1952.
Henry Moore was the most important British sculptor of the 20th century, and the most popular and internationally celebrated sculptor of the post-war period.
There are hundreds of works by Henry Moore on public view around the globe. These include numerous sculptures sited outdoors.

Henry Moore - Draped Reclining Figure, 1952.



Horse and Rider is a modern equestrian bronze sculpture by  Marino Marini. Constructed in 1952-1953. 
After the war, Marini developed a horse and rider theme, where the figure is not in control of his mount.





                 Eros, Inside Eros by Arman, bronze of 1986, in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden


Sphere Within Sphere - a bronze sculpture by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. 
Versions of this sculpture can be seen in many settings worldwide





Dynia - japońska artystka Yayoi Kusama





The sculpture of Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) - Puellae (Girls)
National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden