George Anthonisen
Sponsored by James A. Michener Art Museum
Zoriana Siokalo, Advisor
Judy Zipkin-Grasso, Docent
Karen Liebman, Docent
Lisa Tremper Hanover, Interviewer
Gilbert Winner & Richard Weisgrau, Videographers
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Artist's Statement
My work combines our ancient roots with our recent past, giving validity to the present. The danger in using traditional art by itself is that it ignores the existence of the 21st century; but to use only the visual vocabulary of the 21st century can deprive us of our history.
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Solo Exhibitions 2007 Life in Bronze: The Sculpture of George Anthonisen, The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2006 The Sculpture of George R. Anthonisen, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 1999 Reflections on The Human Condition: Nine Sculptures by George R. Anthonisen
Center for Interfaith Relations, Festival of Faiths, Gardens of Louisville, Louisville, KY
1998 George R. Anthonisen ⎯ Sculpture and Fresco, Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA
1996 The Compassionate Spirit: Sculpture and Fresco by George R. Anthonisen
Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
1995 Philadelphia Flower Show, Gale Nurseries presents Sculpture in Harmony
(featuring five Anthonisen bronzes, Awarded Best of Show), Philadelphia, PA
1994 George R. Anthonisen ⎯ New Work: Fresco and Sculpture, Bianco Gallery, Buckingham. PA
1992 Anthonisen, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1989 I Set Before You This Day, Rotunda, Cannon House Office Building, U.S.Capitol, Washington, DC
1966 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Selected
Group Exhibitions 2015 When I Was Here, Augustus Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
2015 The Rodin Legacy, The James A.Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2007 National Sculpture Society Fellows Exhibition, New York, NY
2005 Sculpture Along Bear Creek, SculptureWorks, Inc., Keller, TX
2003 Artists of the River Towns, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2002 to present Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA (on permanent changing display throughout the gallery)
2002 Small Treasures, Holiday Artists Show, Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA
2000 Continuing The Bucks County Landscape Tradition, Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA
and Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (Oct.11-Oct.29)
2000 The Art Gene: Anthonisen, Dodge,Gowin, Osterman
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA (April 15-July 2)
1997 Caring ⎯ Humanity’s Hope for Survival, Samuel Dorsky Symposium on Public
Monuments presented by The Monuments Conservancy, New York, NY
1993 The Second Century, Contemporary Works Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York,NY
1991 Images of Courage and Compassion, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
1988 Inaugural Exhibition, The James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
1987 Celebration of the Figure, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Artists Three, Bucks County Council for the Arts, Doylestown, PA
1971 National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Selected World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (World Headquarters)
Public Collections U.S. Capitol Building, Capitol Visitors Center (Emancipation Hall), Washington, DC
Carnegie Hall (Shorin Club Room), New York, NY
Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
Center for Interfaith Relations, Louisville, KY
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, DC
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust Company, New York, NY
Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Doylestown Hospital (Women’s Diagnostic Center), Doylestown, PA
Selected Awards: Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 2009; Honorary member, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 2002; Exemplary Achievement in the Arts Award, Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce, 1985; Alaska State Council on the Arts1976; U.S. Department of Interior, Sculptor-in-residence, Augustus Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site 1971, Cornish, NH;
Education: Dartmouth College Medical School 1967; Art Students League, New York, NY 1962-1964 (with Jose De Creeft, John Hovannes); National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1961-1962 (with Adolph Block, Paul Fjelde, Douglas Gorsline);University of Vermont, BA 1961; U.S.Army 1955-1957.
Selected Bibliography The Sculpture of George R. Anthonisen, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 2006; Showing Humanity’s Extremes, Valerie Reed, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, June 22, 2003; Artists of the River Towns: Their works and their stories, Doris Brandes, River Arts Press, 2002; The Art Gene: George and Daniel Anthonisen, Video Tape, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2000; Dedication WW II Memorial: Promise/Anthem by George R. Anthonisen, Berman Museum of Art, Collegevile, PA, 1998; The Compassionate Spirit: Sculpture & Fresco of George R. Anthonisen; Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA, 1996; Quest: George R. Anthonisen, Sculptor, NJ Cable Television Network, produced by College of New Jersey, 1993; Acceptance of the Statue of Senator Ernest Gruening, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978. Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Art; Who’s Who in the East and more
George R. Anthonisen web: www.ganthonisen.com PO Box 147,Solebury,Pennsylvania 215-297-5318
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