Anne Curry

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Anne Curry, born and brought up in France, lives and works in England. She is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

She discovered the power of sculpture as a student while working for a doctorate in Egyptology at Oxford University. She sees in the sculpture of Ancient Egypt the perfect combination of material, line, volume and tension. Those clean lines, pared down details and inner power are the fundamental principles of her work.

She started sculpting in 1989 and was quickly recognised at home and abroad as an accomplished portrait sculptor: her high profile commissions have included the busts of several prominent political and business figures, including a British Prime Minister.

At the same time, she started working on large outdoor sculptures based on close observation of organic shapes. Having created an exceptional garden out of bare fields, and working constantly among plants, Anne remains fascinated by the development of natural forms and their patterns. The spirals of growth, the unfolding of leaves and flowers, the bursting of seed pods, all imply controlled movement, a disciplined progression and immense internal energy.

Working on a large scale presents an array of challenges. Anne uses a technique involving the carving of vast blocks of polystyrene. The sculpture is then moulded and cast in resin or bronze. These sculptures have been shown in several great gardens in England, including the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, at the 2017 Venice Biennale, in France and in the Netherlands. They are in collections on both side of the Atlantic and in the Far East, including China.

Sculptures by Anne Curry

Credentials

Biography

1968-1971:
Assistant editor for La Revue de l`Art under the direction of André Chastel, Michel Laclotte, at the time Curator of the Louvre Museum and Pierre Rosenberg, the present Curator of the Louvre Museum.

1972:
Publishes Egyptian and Egyptianizing Monuments of Imperial Rome in the collection Études préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l`Empire Romain, for Brill in Leiden.

Since 1972:
Moves to East Anglia.

1989-1991:
Studies sculpture under Rosemary Barnett, until recently Head of the Frink School of Figurative Sculpture.

Since 1991:
Works on commission, exhibits and sells regularly in England and abroad.

Teaching Experience
Anne has taught sculpture and headed the Newland End Sculpture Group for a number of years.
Public Acquisitions
COLLECTIONS Chateau of Annevoie, Belgium. Donghu International Public Art Park, Wuhan, China. House of Commons, London. Tribunal de Commerce, Paris. Baron Alain de Condé, Bordeaux. Sir George Bull, Essex. Baron Roland de Luze, Geneva. Comte and Comtesse Christian Dadvisard, Paris. Jean-Marie Vulliemin, Geneva. Newby Hall, North Yorkshire. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, Stirling Castle, Scotland. The Union, Oxford. Pembroke College, Oxford. Lord Jenkins of Hillhead. Levens Hall, Cumbria. The Earl and Countess of Wessex. Lord and Lady Heseltine. Sir John and Dame Norma Major. Lord and Lady Plumb. Mr and Mrs Murray Lugash, Los Angeles.

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary Abstract Plants Fruits Trees Leaves Flowers statues sculptures Bronze Garden sculpture Floral, Fruit and Plantlife Sculpture Flower sculpture statue Flowers and Plants Realistic Lifelike recognisable sculptures statues Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures Garden Wildlife Sculptures Outdoors Garden or Yard sculpture Plant Life sculpture and Statues Plant Outdoor Outside Garden or Yard sculpture Seeds, Nuts, Pods, Grains, Mast, Fruit Stones, Pips, Pits, Cereal ears Sculptures Animal and Plantlife Biodiversity Consevation Sculpture Big Outdoor Sculpture statue Mermaid Water Babies Water and Sea Nymphs sculpture statue statuary for Outdoors in the Garden Conceptual Art Sculptures statues often Large or Monumental Abstract Art Lifelike Fruit Nut Seed Sculpture Stylised Nuts Fruits Seeds Masts Cones Sculpture Abstract Contemporary Modern Civic Urban sculpture statue statuary Abstract Contemporary Modern Large Monumental Public Art sculpture statues statuary Abstract Minimalist Undersrtated Sculpture Abstract Modern Contemporary statues sculpture statuary Bronze Resin/Cold Cast Bronze sculpture Foliage Leaves Carvings Sculpture Statues Kinetic or Mobile Sculpture or Statue Lifelike Realistic Plant Life Sculpture Organic/Abstract Sculpture Realistic Representational Sculpture sculptures/statues Stylised Plants Foliage Vegetation Sculpture Tree Plant Shrub Bonsai sculpture statue statuette Yard Outdoor Sculptures