Una Hanbury
American, born England, 1904 - 1990
Hanbury’s specialty was the portrait bust. She commented “A portrait bust reflects the joy and potential for happiness in a personality. In fact, I have found that an insecure person is often reassured and given self-confidence by what the artist sees in him or her as an individual.” She was particularly interested in capturing the spirit of her subjects, taking care to get to know them as people, and once claimed that she would only sculpt people she liked. Her success in sculpting portraits earned her the honor of being the only living sculptor to have multiple works of art in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. during her lifetime. Hanbury was also an accomplished sculptor of animals, unsurprising since she studied with the distinguished animal painter Frank Calderon in England. Hanbury’s animal sculptures focused primarily on wildlife from the Southwest and she received regular commissions from prominent ranchers to sculpt their horses and new born foals. (Waguespack, 2018).
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American, b. 1939 - Jan. 20, 2023 in Sugar Grove, North Carolina
American, born England, 1891 - 1968