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unusual facts about bronze sculptures



2009 auction of Old Summer Palace bronze heads

Two bronze sculptures looted from the Old Summer Palace during the Second Opium War in 1860 were auctioned by international auction house Christie's.

Reds Legends of Crosley Field

Reds Legends of Crosley Field is a group of bronze sculptures by artist Tom Tsuchiya, located at the main entrance of Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.


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Alexey Dushkin

Instead, Matvey Manizer, a sculptor with a political backing, preferred classical, larger-than-life bronze sculptures, crouched between fake arches and the plinth.

Bernadette Kanter

Animal sculptor, she created in 2002 Dogs of the bridge guard at Mantes-la-Jolie (near Paris), two bronze sculptures guards the entrance to the city after the bridge Peronnet, and a realization in 2004 for Aérospatiale, an aircraft-bird Nungesser and Colis.

Burt Brent

As an avid naturalist, Brent is a member of the Society of Animal Artists and has created sculptures of numerous of birds and mammals; some of these are large bronze sculptures which he has donated for his young patients and other children to enjoy in the San Diego Zoo and San Francisco Zoo.

Emmanuel Frémiet

In 1853, Frémiet, "the leading sculptor of animals in his day" exhibited bronze sculptures of Emperor Napoleon III's basset hounds at the Paris Salon.

First Bank and Trust Tower

In front of the main entrance on Poydras Street are a pair of bronze sculptures by Enrique Alférez depicting David and a lute player.

Graham Ibbeson

He has created bronze sculptures in towns and cities across Britain including Leeds, Cardiff, Dover, Barnsley, Doncaster, Northampton, Chesterfield, Middlesbrough, Perth, Otley and Rugby.

Panther Hollow

The landmark 1897 bridge features bronze sculptures by Giuseppe Moretti of four panthers, crouching as sentinels, on each corner.