circa 2015
Theo Mackaay works with recognizable shapes: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal motifs like warriors, women, horses, archers and loving couples are created with his own signature. An example of this work is the well-known Gouden Kalf, the big prize of the Nederlands Film Festival. It was designed in 1980 by Mackaay and commissioned by Jos Stelling, film director and initiator of the festival.
There have been big developments in Mackaay's work after the calf, but basic forms are still to be found in his work. The renewal in his work has been an internal fight between the two sides of his brain —the wild artist animal and the changed, peaceful, contemplative sculptor. The last one won! Not only did Mackaay change as a human being, his work changed with him. Big, tough Expressionist bronze and stone statues featuring the woman and animal as his favorite subjects changed into touching, intimate bronze sculptures.
In the early work of Mackaay, the masters of the past were more visible, like Marino Marini and Ossip Zadkine. Now it seems, the artist is letting go of the past and has found his own formal language, after all the highs and lows in his life.
Mackaay's wandering through France, Italy and China brought him to Malaga in Spain, his current residence. Maybe it owes to the Mediterranean Sea or the Spanish sun, but the fact remains that Mackaay is today closer to himself — a rough shell that dares to show its delicacy.
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Ram Aries Bronze Sculpture Zodiac Sign Constellation
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ram Aries Bronze Sculpture Zodiac Sign Constellation Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer ...
Bronze
Steenbok Capricon Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Black Contemporary
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Steenbok Capricon Ibex Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Black Contemporary Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal fo...
Bronze
Waterman Aquarius Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animals Water Man
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Waterman Aquarius Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animals Water Man Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals...
Bronze
Amazone Bronze Scullpture Horse Mythology In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amazone Bronze Scullpture Horse Mythology In Stock Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal motives like warriors, women, horses, archers, lovecouples, created with his own signature. An example of this work is the wellknown ‘Gouden Kalf’, the big prize of the ‘Nederlands Film Festival’, designed in 1980 by Mackaay, commissioned by Jos Stelling, filmdirector and initiator of the festival. There has been big developments in his work after the calf, but the basic forms are still to be found in his work. The renewal in his work has been a internal fight, between the two sides of his brain. The wild artist animal and the changed, peaceful, contemplative sculptor. The last one won! Not only did he change as a human being, his work changed with him. Big, tough, expressionist bronzes and stone statues whith the woman and animal as favourite subject, changed in touching, intimate bronze sculptures. In the early work of Mackaay, the masters of the past were more visible, like Marino Marini and Ossip Zadkine. Now it seems, the artist is letting go of the past and found his own form language, after all the highs and lows in his life. His wandering through France, Italy and China brought him to Malaga in Spain, his current residence. Maybe it is the Mediterranean Sea or the Spanish sun...
Bronze
Weegschaal Libra Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Weegschaal Libra Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer...
Bronze
Vissen Pisces Fish Zodiac Sign Bronze Sculpture Constellation Astrology
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vissen Pisces Fish Zodiac Sign Bronze Sculpture Constellation Astrology Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the pr...
Bronze
Western Bronze Sculpture Depicting an Indian with Bow, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Western bronze sculpture depicting an Indian with bow. The figure shows an archer standing with the bow drawn, in a posture of concentration before releasing the arrow. The compositi...
Marble, Bronze
Tireuse A L'arc Bronze Greek Archer Diana Sculpture by Pierre Le Faguays
By Pierre Lefaguays
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Designed by French sculptor Pierre Le Faguays in 1925, this Art Deco bronze statue features a young Grecian female archer named "Diana" gracefully pulling her bow. The statue highlig...
Bronze
"Archer", Highly Rare, Spectacular Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Riolo
By Salvator Riolo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it seems that every major sculptor in the Art Deco period yearned to depict a nude archer pulling on his bow to claim his target in the distance, starting with Antoine Bourd...
Bronze
The Archer Bronze Cibot
By Elisabeth Cibot
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture Original bronze numbered 5/8 Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance, sculpture has always been part of the environment of El...
Bronze
Maty by Nando Kallweit - Bronze sculpture, Edition of 25
By Nando Kallweit
Located in Coltishall, GB
Maty is inspired by the elongated, elegant postures of yoga. A figurative bronze of the female form by sculptor Nando Kallweit. Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod t...
Bronze
Wild Horse - 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Horse
By Frans van Straaten
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frans van Straaten Wilde Horse VII Bronze on bluestone pedestal H 65 cm W 65 cm D 35 cm Dutch artist Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. Because of the wide range in his art-education he has mastered the art of drawing, painting and sculpting technology. However, the classical plastic art of sculpture and modelling opens up the possibility for him to create his own language of sculpture in answer to his urge for art. Due to this style of sculpting, the preference for bronze is natural. After his study of sculpture at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam (1988), Frans van Straaten creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement. Feeling and Emotion converted into Matter Sculpture is an experience of space combined with the challenge of the three-dimensional. The tension of space and movement are the themes, which Frans expresses in his sculptures. Summary it can be said that the power of life and being, the feeling and emotion by force and movement will be converted into matter. The experience of space is being expressed in the shapes and characters in each of Frans’ sculptures. His sculptures of bulls express explosive power while the horses find their strength in being elegant. Each sculpture recalls this way their own association and serves as a metaphor for a certain emotion. Feelings, which has inspired the artist for each sculpture. Powerful and Elegant Looking at the works of this artist, it becomes very clear that one of his most important sources is his background in art history. The Renaissance period as well as several Italian artists served as inspiration to Frans as a sculpture. For instance the expressions in Leonardo da Vinci’s artworks, and also Giovanni...
Bronze
