#paul manship

[ramiplss]

Finally got time to visit the national gallery of art and this is still a favorite of mine. Diana and a Hound, 1925 by Paul Manship. I wish I got to see both pieces but I'm not complaining

More about this work here.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #PenguinAwarenessDay 🐧:

Paul Manship (USA, 1885-1966)

King Penguin, 1932

Bronze, 10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high on a 1¼ in. (3.2 cm) lapis lazuli veneered base

Via Sotheby’s

“Paul Manship is most known for his highly stylized Greek mythological figures. His small-scale animal sculptures, such as the present work, were modeled with the same spirit of animation and dynamism as his mythological human forms. “In Manship’s work nature is neither tamely imitated nor distorted. It is simplified and organized by the artist for a specific symbolic and sculptural purpose,” explains scholar Edwin Murtha (Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, p. 16). The artist’s bird sculptures are celebrated for their individuality. Despite their small stature, they possess a remarkable degree of detail, right down to their foundry marks which reside along the narrow edge of their respective bronze bases. Manship’s birds were cast in Munich at the German foundry of Priessmann Bauer & Co. in 1932. Although the exact edition size is not known, each bird was cast in a small run. Other casts of King Penguin, Flamingo, and King Pelican reside in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection.”

[women-of-the-epic-cycle]

Briseis

— Paul Manship

[feminineforms]

"Diana and a Hound" (1925) by Paul Manship

[notanothernogoodblog]

Paul Manship’s Diana and a Hound (1925) embody the sleek elegance of Art Deco while reimagining classical myth. Cast in bronze, the sculpture presents the goddess Diana poised with her bow, accompanied by a lean hunting dog whose taut form mirrors her own restraint before release. Manship’s stylization—elongated limbs, polished surfaces, and geometric clarity—transforms myth into modern iconography, balancing serenity with latent power. The work captures a threshold moment: the goddess as both protector and avenger, suspended between calm beauty and decisive action, her hound a symbol of loyalty and fate.

[fromthedust]

bird painted on ostracon - Thebes, Egypt - c.1479–1458 BCE

Paul Manship - Crowned Crane - gilt bronze on lapis lazuli base - 13 5⁄8 x 7 x 2 7⁄8 inches - 1932

bird & snake - illumination - Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’) - Saint-Sever - before 1072

Ron Mueck (Australian, b.1958) Still Life - mixed media sculpture - 2009

Horus the Golden - Horus standing on the hieroglyph for gold­ - faience and polychrome inlay - Middle Egypt - Hermopolis - Late Period or Ptolemaic Period - 4th century BCE

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797- 1858)- Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki - woodblock print - 1856

Adam Binder (British, b.1970) - Wren II - patinated bronze - 2012

Redmer Hoekstra (Dutch, b.1982) - Pelikaan (Pelican) - pencil - 2015

Bill Mayer (American illustrator, b.1951) - Ibis - painting

Edwin John Alexander (Scottish, 1870-1926) - Griffon (Tawny) vulture (Gyps fulvus) - watercolor & gouache - 26 x 17 cm - Paris - 1891

Eric Fan (born in Hawaii, living & working in Canada) - Kingfisher - painting - 2014

John Boyd (England, b.1957) - Dodo Variations IV - painting

J.K.Brown aka John Kennedy Brown (wooarts) (Welsh, b.1979) - Bird - metal-scrap sculpture

René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)  - The Idol - painting - 1965

Michael Sowa (German, b.1945) - Die Rückkehr der Zugvögel (The Return of the Migratory Birds) - painting

Mullanium (steampunktendencies) - Blue Jay - mixed media assemblage

Pelican - painted wood toy

Vojtěch Preissig (Czech, 1873-1944) - Seven Ravens - etching - 1900

Incense container with plovers - lacquer, gold, sea-shell - Japan - late Muromachi period (1392-1573)

Dilhaar (www.instagram.com/hmdbti/) - flying bird - paintings & gif

“Before I ever started painting and before I even started taking drawing seriously, I was in love with the idea of painted animation. Frame by frame, each painting coordinates with the one before and the one after to create life. I still have a lot to learn and there are a lot of technical things I don’t know and will improve on but I like this start. Forget thoughts, focus on actions. Regarding this specific animation I really love the shapes of the shadow on the ground.” - Dilhaar

[creativespark]

Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966)

[gregdotorg]

Paul Manship drinking fountain, made for the AT&T Company Headquarters, 195 Broadway, for sale at Toomey & Co. on 9 Oct 2025

Paul Manship, AT&T Drinking Fountain Boy [greg.org]