Greg Wyatt

Greg Wyatt is an American sculptor. Born in Grand View-on-Hudson, New York.

Wyatt is a 1971 graduate of Columbia College. He attended the National Academy of Design for three years and received his certificate in sculpture, and earned a Master's degree from Columbia Teachers College in 1974. Wyatt has taught at New York University and at Jersey City State College. [ [http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_sculpture_wyatt.cfm The Sculpture Garden - Hofstra University Museum - Hofstra University ] ] [ [http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/bio_greg.html The Art Students League of New York | Instructor Bio ] ]

Wyatt is sculptor-in-residence at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City [ [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/feb01/feb01_profile_wyatt.html Columbia College Today ] ]

Wyatt’s work is based on the philosophy of “spiritual realism.” [ [http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/bio_greg.html The Art Students League of New York | Instructor Bio ] ] Stanley Wells, Shakespearian scholar and chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, says, ``I compare Wyatt to Rodin," Wells says. ``He's that good." [ [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GD02Jp03.html Weekend Standard - Naked women and stuffed sharks ] ] "Wyatt emulates the sculpture of the western world with contemporary vision." [ [http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_sculpture_wyatt.cfm The Sculpture Garden - Hofstra University Museum - Hofstra University ] ] "Wyatt is among the most celebrated sculptors working today. His works merge realistic images and abstract masses of form, space and energy and have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harvard University, among other institutions and collections. [ [http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/press/05-22-06.html Press Release ] ]

Notable Works

* The Price of Freedom (2003),Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
*Peace Fountain (1985),The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City
* Soaring American Eagle, courtyard of the State Department in Washington, D.C.
* The Tempest and Hamlet, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
* Hippomenes, Hofstra University [ [http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_sculpture_wyatt.cfm The Sculpture Garden - Hofstra University Museum - Hofstra University ] ]
* Bill of Rights Eagle and Tree of Learning, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee [ [www.vanderbilt.edu/News/register/Jun5_00/story1.html] ]
* Scholar's Lion, Columbia University
* The Tempest, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, Part 2, and Macbeth, Elizabethan garden of the Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, D.C. [ [http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=486 The Shakespeare Sculptures by Greg Wyatt-Folger Shakespeare Library ] ]
* , New York City

References

"Naked Women Lose Out to Stuffed Shark in $20 Billion Art Market," By A. Craig Copetas, March 23 (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aiuIzfigsmkA&refer=us

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