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Eugene Daub, ‘Lewis & Clark,’ Montana Capital Senate Chamber. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center

Palos Verdes gives sculptor Eugene Daub a ‘MONUMENTAL’ spotlight

Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Eugene Daub, ‘Lewis & Clark,’ Montana Capital Senate Chamber. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center
Eugene Daub, ‘Lewis & Clark,’ Montana Capital Senate Chamber. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education is pleased to announce Eugene Daub: MONUMENTAL, a retrospective of the internationally acclaimed sculptor’s large public works sited across the U.S. It will open on September 25 and continue through November 13.

This exhibition will disclose the many stages of developing a monument – the evolution from a sketch to a maquette, then an enlargement, then the mold-making process, and finally the pouring of the bronze and welding it back together again from many pieces – giving a behind-the-scenes view into the creation of monumental sculptures.

“Doing a portrait is a great way to spend time with great people. I love biographies and stories about men and women who have done great things, in the past and currently. It’s not just the likeness, for me, it’s showing them at their finest moment. If it is a full-figure portrait, even better, I get to do a bit of method acting to express body language and based on observation or old photos, I search for the gesture and expression that captures their energy and purpose.” – Eugene Daub

Eugene Daub’s Rosa Parks monument pictured with President Barack Obama, US Capitol, Washington D.C. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center
President Barack Obama pictured with Eugene Daub’s Rosa Parks monument, US Capitol, Washington D.C. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center

Among the 12 Daub monumental works chronicled by this exhibition are Lewis & Clark, which is on display in Kansas City, Missouri; Rosa Parks, which was placed in the US Capital, Washington, D.C.; Harry Bridges, cited in the ILWU Union Hall, Wilmington, California; Thomas Jefferson, created for the University of Virginia, and Phineas Banning, which is at Banning’s Landing, Wilmington, California.

Eugene Daub’s Lewis & Clark monument, Kansas City, Missouri. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center
Eugene Daub’s Lewis & Clark monument, Kansas City, Missouri. Photo Courtesy of Palos Verdes Art Center

Eugene Daub is based in San Pedro, California. His first job in sculpture was for The Franklin Mint, where he developed skills in relief sculpture. He taught at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco from 1993 to 2002. He has been an instructor at the Scottsdale Artists’ School from 1991 to the present, and is the designer of the first Philadelphia Liberty Medal, which that city awards every year to a champion of world peace.

Daub has exhibited extensively and has works in numerous public collections including the Helsinki Art Museum, the British Museum; the Smithsonian Institution; The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol, and the United States National Park Service. Daub has created more than 40 major monuments in the U.S. during the last 30 years and is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society.

Visit the website of the Palos Verdes Art Center and see its dedicated page for Eugene Daub: MONUMENTAL.