black marble base, 13" X 12" X 16", well listed artist....Born in 1946 in Pasadena, California, MacDonald graduated from Art Center College where he was classically trained. From this beginning, he became a self-taught sculptor who has spent the last 50 years reviving the lost art of figurative sculpture through innovation, passion, and intense commitment. The creation of an extensive body of singularly original works in bronze has brought his name to prominence. An illustrious career with many awards, honors, and public monuments marks Richard MacDonald as one of the leading contemporary figures internationally in the field of contemporary sculpture. In his Monterey studio, Richard MacDonald has given himself an artistic space to create. As a true visionary, he has synthesized modernist principles with the timeless human desire to create imaginative metaphors of the human psyche through representation of the body. Whether as a public monument or treasured in private collections, each bronze by Richard MacDonald is part of an enduring legacy that brings figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

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