Browse Items (8302 total)
Sort by:
Bronze corpus in place on cross for "Christ on the Cross"
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Bronze corpus in the air in front cross for "Christ on the Cross"
Bronze corpus for "Christ on the Cross†for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Bronze full scale "Freedom of the Human Spirit" in Shain Park
The businessmen backers of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair aspired to produce an economic boom for the city that would rival the hugely successful New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 that brought more than 44 million visitors to the city. Many of…
Bronze full-scale "Flying Wild Geese" on pedestal in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
Bronze full-scale "Star Dream Fountain" - rear view
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Bronze full-scale "Star Dream Fountain" in Barbara Hallman Plaza
One of Fredericks' last public works, "Star Dream Fountain" is located in Barbara Hallman Plaza in Royal Oak, Michigan. The sculpture is based on a 1947 preliminary design for the "Cleveland War Memorial". This allegorical work symbolizes man's…
Bronze full-scale "The Boy and Bear," "Night and Day Fountain" and "The Lion and Mouse" on the grounds of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
Bronze full-scale "Two Bears" at Interlochen Center for the Arts
In this sculpture, a large brown and small black bear sit back to back in quiet thought. Although in nature these two animals are enemies, Fredericks portrays the two in a gentle humanistic way, stressing tolerance.
Notice the differences in the…
Notice the differences in the…
Bronze full-scale "Two Sisters" in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Sculpture Garden
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…
Bronze full-scale "Wings of the Morning" (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) at the foundry prior to patinization - side view
-at-the-foundry-prior-to-patinization---side-view_dbed0e4aae.jpg "Bronze full-scale Wings of the Morning (Edgar B. Flint Memorial) at the foundry prior to patinization - side view.tif")
The flying swans represent the atmosphere of the unfolding morning. Fredericks often used swans in his sculptures to symbolize eternal life. The hand of God enfolds the spirit of man as he takes the wings of the morning. The upward flowing contours…