Paul Manship
Sculptor
Paul Howard Manship (December 25, 1885 – January 31, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style,
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and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public commissions, including the iconic Prometheus in Rockefeller Center and the Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also credited for designing the modern rendition of New York City's official seal.
Paul Howard Manship (December 25, 1885 – January 31, 1966) was an American sculptor. He consistently created mythological pieces in a classical style, and was a major force in the Art Deco movement. He is well known for his large public commissions, including the iconic Prometheus in Rockefeller Center and the Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva,
Switzerland. He is also credited for designing the modern rendition of New York City's official seal.
"I like to express movement in my figures. It's a fascinating problem which I'm always trying to solve,"
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PROMETHEUS
Rockerfeller Center
"I like to express movement in my figures. It's a fascinating problem which I'm always trying to solve"
Paul Manship - The country's most famous exponent of Art Deco, embraced archaic vocabularies of Greek, Roman, and Indian art to create decorative, stylized, Neoclassical works. The statue in the fountain in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza, Prometheus (1933) is one of his most iconic works.
Flight of Europa, 1925
Bronze on marble base
"I'm not especially interested in anatomy, though naturally I've studied it. And, although I approve generally of normally correct proportions, what matters is the spirit which the artist puts into his creation—the vitality, the rhythm, the emotional effect."
"I'm not especially interested in anatomy, though naturally I've studied it. And, although I approve generally of normally correct proportions, what matters is the spirit which the artist puts into his creation—the vitality, the rhythm, the emotional effect."
Diana, 1925, bronze,
49 x 43 in.
Susanna
1948
marble
36 in
Paul Manship's Celestial Sphere is supported by four turtles, a design often associated with the Chinese tortoise of immortality, a traditional symbol of longevity and wisdom. The bronze globe is engraved with constellations and stars, creating a detailed map of the night sky. One of the sculpture's best-known installations stands at the United Nations Office in Geneva, where it symbolizes humanity's shared connection to the cosmos.
195 Broadway Street
Bronze relief
