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sl8

(13,851 posts)
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 08:34 PM Sep 2022

"First Disappointment"



https://art.thewalters.org/detail/37049

Erastus Dow Palmer (American, 1817-1904)

First Disappointment

This statue depicts an incident in the life of one of the sculptor's daughters, who had avidly followed the hatching and rearing of a nest of birds, only to be overcome with grief when the fledglings departed. Palmer, who was self-taught, was among the first American sculptors to break with the prevailing neoclassical style and adopt a more naturalistic approach.




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"First Disappointment" (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2022 OP
I am in awe. I will never understand how someone can look Phoenix61 Sep 2022 #1

Phoenix61

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1. I am in awe. I will never understand how someone can look
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 10:09 PM
Sep 2022

at a piece of wood or marble or clay and see something so beautiful in it and then make it visible to us all.

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