Benjamin Victor

Benjamin Victor is a modern sculptor keeping the classical tradition alive as the Classical Realist painters are. He has the distinction of having three of his sculptures in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building, and he is working on his fourth. I am gratified that one of his statues (located in the Statuary Hall) is of the great Norman Borlaug. His website shows dozens of his works: he is quite prolific.

"Victor’s first work to receive attention was a life-size statue of the biblical character Samson, sculpted when the artist was a sophomore art major at Northern State University. The piece earned Victor a scholarship "in recognition of his aesthetic and conceptual integrity" from the prestigious National Sculpture Society in New York City. At age 23, Victor was commissioned to produce his proposal of a trio of soldiers for the Aberdeen Regional Airport War Memorial in South Dakota." (Source: Wikipedia)

Norman Borlaug

Sarah Winnemucca

Cecil E. Harris

Sabin Howard

Sabin Howard is modern sculptor keeping the classical tradition alive as the Classical Realist painters are. He does everything from intimate, still portrait style to more Greek-inspired statue to very large heroic scenes.

Sabin Howard at work

A portion of a war memorial

Tamara de Lempicka

Distinct from almost all the artists that I enjoy who are in the classical tradition, I really like the Art Deco inspired paintings of Tamara de Lempicka. No one could think of her as following the realist tradition in the classical sense. She seems to be inspired by the Cubist movement but retains a realist perspective. Her early paintings have the impressionist style of early Picasso. This early period began in 1918 and gradually developed into her own unique style by 1930.

Young Lady with Gloves, 1930

See the website devoted to her life and works at deLempicka.org