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ernst paulduro

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Bronze,

A Highly Respected Wild Life Artist.

Since earliest childhood I always have been fascinated of nature and the variety of amazing wildlife. As every living being shows the wonder and beauty of nature for me it is very important to capture the typical anatomy and character of wildlife in my sculptures to achieve the most life-like appearance. This for me, as having an excellent education and immense knowledge as formerly I worked as a taxidermist, is a matter of course. Additionally a very important aspect is to have an unlimited patience e. g. when creating surface structures like hair or feathers with a needle.
If possible I mainly work from live studies. Otherwise very good reference photos taken myself are important for creating very best artwork, like portraits of famous animal personality’s e. g. ALBRECHT, the first captive bred Indian Rhinoceros at Tiergarten Nürnberg or furthermore SANDY a tame female Penguin at Allwetterzoo Münster.

After creating the models and regarding smaller to midsize pieces I do my own preparing of moulds, wax casts and also the final work like chiseling and patination. So just the raw bronze is made as lost-wax-process by the foundry.

All my bronze sculptures are available as limited editions. Single edition pieces are created on request

Sculptures by ernst paulduro

Peruvian Penguin Male (Life-Size Bronze sculpture)

£4,842

Harbour Seal Swantje (Little Reclining Animal statue)

£625

Harbour Seal Nele (Reclining Little Bronze statuette)

£625

Harbour Seal Fietje (Little Resting Dozing sculpture)

£625

Harbour Seal Knud (Little Bronze Wildlife sculpture)

£625

Baby Indian Rhinoceros Albrecht (Little Rhino statue)

£842

Western Lowland Gorilla (Little African Bronze statue)

£2,315

Reticulated Juvenile Giraffe (Lifesize Bronze statue)

£46,315

Credentials

Biography

1955 Born in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
1979-1981 Education as Technical Assistant for Natural History Museums and Scientific Research Institutes at Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt/Main

1981-1983 Education as Taxidermist at Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt/Main

1983-1992 Position as Taxidermist, Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt/Main

1992-2003 Head of Taxidermy Department at Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Frankfurt/Main

Since Aug. 2003 working as a freelance sculptor and painter

1984/1985 4-week-workshop "Airbrush-Painting" with Jürgen Woltersdorf (†), Airbrush artist, Frankfurt/Main

Aug. 1996 Workshop "Patination of bronzes", Julia Andrews, Sculptor, Tucson, Arizona, USA

May 2000 Information on "Sculptures", Kathy Spalding, Naples, Florida, USA

Presentation of work in Germany, Netherlands, USA and Switzerland at galleries, museums and other public institutions.

Numerous commissions for private persons, galleries, museums and zoos.

Influences

The German wildlife sculptors August Gaul, Joseph Pallenberg and Reinhard Dachlauer have inspired me from the beginning. Within my career as taxidermist I got knowledge of Carl Akeley the famous American taxidermist and wildlife sculptor who mainly worked for the Natural History Museum in New York and who created breath taking wildlife pieces and dioramas which are still on display. His fantastic work always was I my mind to switch from taxidermy to wildlife art.
My extremely detailed and mainly life-like artwork I describe as Hyperrealistic Sculptures in bronze.

Public Works

My sculptures are on display at zoos and museums e.g. Zoological Garden Frankfurt, Tiergarten Nürnberg, Zoo Landau, Zoo Münster and Löbbecke Aquarium (Düsseldorf).
At present the artist works on a group of life-size Harbour Seals for a public community in Schleswig-Holstein, a country in the northern part of Germany.

Teaching Experience
During his tenure as head of the Taxidermy Department he trained many apprentices in taxidermy, anatomy, sculpting and painting.

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Bronze Little or Small sculpture Hyperrealistic sculptures Penguins Puffins Auks sculptures Realistic Representational Sculpture Sea Birds Seagulls Sea Eagles Albatrosses Gannets etc.Sculptures Wild Bird Sculptures Animals in Repose Resting Sleeping Lying Aquatic sculptures Fish/Shells/Sharks/Seals/Corals/Seaweed Fun Amusing Comic Animals sculptures Marine Maritime Water Sea sculpture statue statuette Wild Animals and Wild Life Sculptures Dolphins, Whales, Porpoises, Seals, Sea Mamals Sculptures Tabletop Desktop Small Indoor Statuettes Figurines Sculptures Predators Carnivores Hunters Flesh Eaters sculptures Shoal of Fish Pod of Dolphins Whales Porpoises sculptures statues Asian Animals sculptures or statues Endangered Animal Species Sculptures Rhino and Rhinoceros Hippo and Hippopotamus sculpture statue statuette Small Animal Sculptures African Animal and Wildlife Sculptures Primate / Apes sculptures Giraff and Okapi sculptures statues Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture

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This artists work is found in the following tags on site:
Bronze Penguins Standing sculptures bronze sculptures Coloured Penguin sculpture Flightless Seabird sculpture Life Size Penguin Bronze Penguin statues Sea Bird Bronze statue Standing Penguin sculpture Standing Penguins statue Wandering Penguin statue Harbour Seal Bronze Indoor Seal sculpture Little Realistic Seal statuettes Little Resting Seal statuette Realistic Seal statues Resting Seal Sculpture Seal Bronze Seal on Land sculpture Seal Wildlife sculpture Small Seal statuette Wildlife sculptures Bronze Seal statuettes Bronze Watching Seal statuette Little Harbour Seal Bronze Little Reclining Seal statuette Little Wildlife sculpture Lying Seal sculpture Small Reclining Seal Bronze sculpture Small Resting Seal sculpture Watching Seal statuette Dozing Harbour Seals statuettes Harbour Seal Bronze sculpture Little Basking Seals statue Resting Seal statue Resting Young Seal statuettes Seal Bronze sculpture Small Harbour Seals statue Small Seal Wildlife sculpture Wildlife Seal Basking sculpture bronze sculpture Desk Top sculpture Indoor sculpture Marine Sculptures Nature Statue Seal Sculpture Seal Wildlife sculptures Small sculpture Wild Life sculpture Wild Sculptures wildlife sculpture Hyper Realistic Rhino sculpture Indian Rhinoceros sculptures Little Bronze Rhino sculpture Little Indian Rhino statuettes Realistic Indian Rhino statuettes Rhino sculpture in Bronze Small Indian Rhino statuette Small Scale Bronze of Indian Rhino Alpha Male Wild Sitting statues Bronze Gorilla statues Indoor Wildlife statue Life Like Bronze Primate sculpture Little Gorilla Bronze sculptures Seated Monkey statue Sitting Animal statuette Small Gorilla Bronze sculpture Table Top Ape statuette African Animal bronze Big Giraffe bronze bronze Bronze Giraffe wildlife sculpture Coloured Garden Giraffe statue Giraffe statueS Half Size Giraffe statue Hyper realistic Giraffe sculpture Realistic Giraffe Outdoor Statue Reticulated Giraffe sculpture