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Reclining Nude Bronze Table Lamp James Muir

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Reclining Nude Bronze Table Lamp James Muir
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Artist is James Muir. Very nice piece. Stunningly beautiful. James N. Muir was born in Indianapolis, Indiana 1945. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for two years and completed his B.S. Degree at Indiana University in 1970. His professional art career as a sculptor began in 1979, and he has continued to be a full-time professional artist for 26 years. He owned his own bronze casting foundry, Seraph M Fine Art Bronze, from 1982 to 1988 in Sedona, Arizona. He has completed over 100 sculptures to date, and his first book Lanterns Along The Path was published in 2004. Allegorical* Art is a term Muir uses to describe his art as being filled with symbolic* meaning. Bridging the centuries from his historical military subjects to today's social, political and spiritual commentary, his sculptures have themes of Duty, Honor, Courage, and Justice, but above all, of Truth and the ultimate triumph of the Human Spirit. He has built upon the recognition gained as a historical military sculptor to create an ever-expanding array of artistic commentary exemplifying the highest qualities of man. Muir's early interest in history and the military was reinforced by his experiences as a West Point cadet and to which he also attributes the cementing of his personal "Code of Honor." Muir's ever deeper involvement with horses, and his continuing quest for spiritual Truth, finally led him to leave Indiana in 1979 for the freedom and inspiration of the great American West. He ultimately settled in Sedona, Arizona, and there embarked on a full-time career in sculpting, initially specializing in historical subjects. In 1990 he began to expand his work to include contemporary subjects and accepting commissions in life-size and monumental. He prides himself on attention to detail, which he directs to crafting his bronzes. Some of the public collections holding Muir's work are the U.S. Cavalry Museum at Fort Riley, Meisler Museum, Bolivar Museum, Gettysburg Battlefield Museum, the Booth Museum in Georgia, Pearce Western Art Museum, Sons of The American Revolution Headquarters, and the Atlanta Historical Society. Many of his sculptures that address today's contemporary issues can be found in institutions and museums such as Birkenau Museum in Auschwitz, El Paso Holocaust Museum, St. Louis University, Vanguard University, Paul Harvey News Broadcasting Headquarters, George W. Bush Presidential Library and some of the most prominent private collections in America. Muir's most recent accomplishment is the release of another book, Lanterns Along The Path: The Allegorical Art of James N. Muir, which showcases all of his sculptures with a narrative which addresses the spirit of his human journey. Recent commissions in-progress include: West Point Military Academy, a monumental sculpture for the new Thomas Jefferson Library Rotunda; an 18 foot Christ sculpture for CC Young at Dallas, Texas; a life-size figure of the Mexican hero - Elfego Baca for a museum in New Mexico; and two signature sculptures for the Sedona Humane Society in Arizona.
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