Reuben Nakian
American Sculptor
1897 - 1986
Introduction
The powerful legacy of Reuben Nakian has earned him a coveted place in the history of American art. No other sculptor of the twentieth century has matched Nakian’s heroic grapplings with the grand themes of Western art, returning classical mythology to the foreground of human consciousness. His instinctual yet inventive sculptures are ennobling, exploding with maximum emotional intensification. The dynamic sensuousness and voluptuous elegance which characterizes his work mark a high point in the long tradition of sculpture from the ancient Greeks to the present. His erotic mythological figures exude a joyous energy of gesture and movement which places them among the seminal sculptural achievements of the past one hundred years....
Robert P. Metzger, Ph.D.
Nakian Centennial Retrospective CatalogReading Public Museum and
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
1998-1999
Featured Works
Satyricon I
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1981, bronze
10.5 x 9.25 x 6 inchescollections:
Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal
Sea Rhapsody
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1984, bronze
92 x 113 x 52 inchescollections:
Private Collection
On loan to City of Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut