Life size horse sculpture gallery by Patricia Crane

Life Size Horse Sculpture

   
Life size horse sculpture
 
   

Life Size Horse Sculpture of "Supreme Sultan" - frontis piece for The American Saddlebred  Museum.

 
 
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Life size horse sculpture has existed for thousands and thousands of years. Life scale marble horses have pulled the chariots of the Gods of ancient civilizations. Bronze horses have carried famous people into history beyond their lifetimes and preserved the spirit of power, elegance and freedom the horse brings to the life of man. Full scale sculpture seen against the sky has a magnificence of expression only equaled by the real life horse. Since Egyptian times the horse has been beloved for his personality and companionship as well as for his services to human kind so it is not surprising that full scale sculpture of the equine has continued to be popular.

Life size horse sculpture has existed for thousands and thousands of years. Life scale marble horses have pulled the chariots of the Gods of ancient civilizations. Bronze horses have carried famous people into history beyond their lifetimes and preserved the spirit of power, elegance and freedom the horse brings to the life of man.  Full scale sculpture seen
LIFE SIZE HORSE SCULPTURE FEATURED PAGES:

Life Size Bronze Horse Sculpture For KY Horse Park
Bronze Sculpture Gallery
For Saddlebred Lovers

Other Pages About Supreme Sultan:
Supreme Sultan: Saddlebred Resin Horse
Supreme Sultan Saddlebred Stallion - Article

Resources:
Life Size Horse Sculpture of Rome - (Marcus Aurelieus)
Life Size Horse Sculpture of Ancient Greece - (by Phidias)
Life Size Horse Sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens - (by Anna Hyatt Huntington)
against the sky has a magnificence of expression only equaled by the real life horse. Since Egyptian times the horse has been beloved for his personality and companionship as well as for his services to human kind so it is not surprising that full scale sculpture of the equine has continued to be popular.

The life size horse sculpture of Patricia Crane for the American Saddlebred Museum is what first established her reputation as an international sculptor. Her bronze portraiture captures the individual personality of a horse as well as the precise individual anatomy of that horse and it is no wonder that the full scale works were noticed and valued. Many of her works are available for viewing by using the menu at the left.

The Saddlebred stallion Supreme Sultan had also achieved international fame as a phenomenal sire of inestimable worth and brilliance. Sultan changed the history of his entire breed. The meeting of the sculptor and the stallion resulted in a now very well known life size horse sculpture, a portrait bronze, which is installed just outside the front doors of the  Museum in Kentucky. The record books overflow with the accomplishments of Sultan's progeny and he now lies buried beneath his bronze portrait.

Supreme Sultan's carriage, poise and power as he trotted freely across his home fields, completely natural in every aspect, has been forever captured by Patricia Crane's sculpture and enables the impact of this incredible stallion to be shared by each and every viewer into the long stretches of the future. The artwork is small payback for the elegance and spirit with which this grand individual equine star graced the lives of all those who knew him.

The life size sculpture portrait of the American Saddlebred Stallion, Supreme Sultan for the American Saddlebred Museum:


 Life size horse sculpture of Supreme Sultan for American Saddlebred Horse Museum.
Supreme Sultan Monument in front of the  Museum. Photo Ross Milin.


Wax model for life size horse sculpture of Supreme Sultan
Working on the 1/5 scale wax for the life size sculpture - a wax horse!
All photos © Patricia Crane

 
Correcting plaster model of Supreme Sultan's life size horse sculpture.
Correcting the life size plaster sections of the horse
sculpture in a New York foundry.
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Welding the sections of the life size horse sculpture of Sultan.
Welding the raw bronze sections of the newly cast horse sculpture is a life size job!.


Supreme Sultan life size horse sculpture as frontis piece of American Saddlbred Museum.
Supreme Sultan Life Size Bronze.  A Sculpture of a famous horse
that carries his conformational and personal presence into the
future for all to see.  Photo by Ross Millin.

 

Supreme Sultan life size horse sculpture at the American Saddlebred Museum
Thousands of visitors come annually to view the life
size sculpture, the portrait monument that marks the
grave of the horse that won hearts as well as
accolades --Supreme Sultan.   Ross Millin Photo.

 



Return to Life Size Bronze Horse Sculpture - and read about another life size work for The International Museum of the Horse. (This page provides a step by step process of creating a monumental bronze.)

Or visit Bronze Sculpture - the Bronze Horse Sculpture Gallery.


Also visit the site's main section for the Saddlebred

   
© All Photos and Sculpture Copyright 2000, Patricia Crane.