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SOM#091, Frederick Shrady, Prison Walls Cannot Control the Flight of the Soul - Courage Hope, 1975
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Photo by John Birks
Numbers Issued: 1,350 Bronze, 185 Silver
FROM THE ARTIST
The opposing conditions of freedom and oppression have been expressed by artists since the beginning of time.. Piranesi, Goya, Rodin and Beethoven were inspired to create great works on this subject. Whenever freedom is thwarted by oppressive forces, the result is an affront to what is noblest in humanity. In my medal, I give expression to the true liberty of responsible men and women.
While one may, at first, be reminded of the many actual prisoners existing behind real bars, the obverse of my medal truly depicts the condition in which all of us find ourselves if we do not have the elements of courage and hope.
The winged bird in flight on the reverse symbolizes the soul set free from the bondage of fear. The words surrounding the bird are from the 17th century French poet Jeanne Guyon.
Without faith, man is a prisoner. We cannot free ourselves or others without the fruits of faith – among them, courage and hope.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Frederick Shrady was born in New York City in 1907 and has pursued the art of sculpture as a profession for nearly thirty years. Earlier, he was an established painter whose works are in the museums of Paris, Lyons, Grenoble, Belgrade, the Metropolitan in New York and in Hartford, Connecticut. Turning to sculpture after World War II, his first piece, a head of Father Martin D’Arcy, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Later pieces are to be found in public squares and buildings, churches and private collections from coast to coast.
Mr. Shrady was educated at the Choate School and Oxford University and studied painting at The Art Students’ League and in Paris and Florence. He was decorated by the French government with the Legion of Honor, Palme d’Academie, and received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross.
His late father, Henry Merwin Shrady, was also a noted sculptor in the early years of this century. Perhaps his father’s best known work is the Grant Memorial sculpture group on the West grounds of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., completed in 1920 and considered by many as the finest piece of monumental public or official sculpture in the country. One of the most expressive figures in the soldier groups of the Grant Memorial, that of the youthful drummer boy, is a portrait of Frederick, who posed for his father in that role!
Frederick Shrady’s sculpture-in-the-round includes many religious and historical figures. His 18-foot “Peter The Fisherman” is at Lincoln Center in New York City. His dramatic 8-food “Lazarus” was depicted (page 41) in Time as part of an article on the various translations of the Bible in the magazine’s issued dated December 30, 1974.
Mr. and Mrs. Shrady, the parents of six children, live in Monroe, Connecticut.
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![SOM#091, Frederick Shrady, Prison Walls Cannot Control the Flight of the Soul - Courage Hope, 1975
[b]Photo by John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,350 Bronze, 185 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
The opposing conditions of freedom and oppression have been expressed by artists since the beginning of time.. Piranesi, Goya, Rodin and Beethoven were inspired to create great works on this subject. Whenever freedom is thwarted by oppressive forces, the result is an affront to what is noblest in humanity. In my medal, I give expression to the true liberty of responsible men and women.
While one may, at first, be reminded of the many actual prisoners existing behind real bars, the obverse of my medal truly depicts the condition in which all of us find ourselves if we do not have the elements of courage and hope.
The winged bird in flight on the reverse symbolizes the soul set free from the bondage of fear. The words surrounding the bird are from the 17th century French poet Jeanne Guyon.
Without faith, man is a prisoner. We cannot free ourselves or others without the fruits of faith – among them, courage and hope.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Frederick Shrady was born in New York City in 1907 and has pursued the art of sculpture as a profession for nearly thirty years. Earlier, he was an established painter whose works are in the museums of Paris, Lyons, Grenoble, Belgrade, the Metropolitan in New York and in Hartford, Connecticut. Turning to sculpture after World War II, his first piece, a head of Father Martin D’Arcy, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Later pieces are to be found in public squares and buildings, churches and private collections from coast to coast.
Mr. Shrady was educated at the Choate School and Oxford University and studied painting at The Art Students’ League and in Paris and Florence. He was decorated by the French government with the Legion of Honor, Palme d’Academie, and received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross.
His late father, Henry Merwin Shrady, was also a noted sculptor in the early years of this century. Perhaps his father’s best known work is the Grant Memorial sculpture group on the West grounds of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., completed in 1920 and considered by many as the finest piece of monumental public or official sculpture in the country. One of the most expressive figures in the soldier groups of the Grant Memorial, that of the youthful drummer boy, is a portrait of Frederick, who posed for his father in that role!
Frederick Shrady’s sculpture-in-the-round includes many religious and historical figures. His 18-foot “Peter The Fisherman” is at Lincoln Center in New York City. His dramatic 8-food “Lazarus” was depicted (page 41) in [i]Time[/i] as part of an article on the various translations of the Bible in the magazine’s issued dated December 30, 1974.
Mr. and Mrs. Shrady, the parents of six children, live in Monroe, Connecticut.
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[b]Photo by John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 1,350 Bronze, 185 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
The opposing conditions of freedom and oppression have been expressed by artists since the beginning of time.. Piranesi, Goya, Rodin and Beethoven were inspired to create great works on this subject. Whenever freedom is thwarted by oppressive forces, the result is an affront to what is noblest in humanity. In my medal, I give expression to the true liberty of responsible men and women.
While one may, at first, be reminded of the many actual prisoners existing behind real bars, the obverse of my medal truly depicts the condition in which all of us find ourselves if we do not have the elements of courage and hope.
The winged bird in flight on the reverse symbolizes the soul set free from the bondage of fear. The words surrounding the bird are from the 17th century French poet Jeanne Guyon.
Without faith, man is a prisoner. We cannot free ourselves or others without the fruits of faith – among them, courage and hope.
[b]ABOUT THE ARTIST[/b]
Frederick Shrady was born in New York City in 1907 and has pursued the art of sculpture as a profession for nearly thirty years. Earlier, he was an established painter whose works are in the museums of Paris, Lyons, Grenoble, Belgrade, the Metropolitan in New York and in Hartford, Connecticut. Turning to sculpture after World War II, his first piece, a head of Father Martin D’Arcy, was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Later pieces are to be found in public squares and buildings, churches and private collections from coast to coast.
Mr. Shrady was educated at the Choate School and Oxford University and studied painting at The Art Students’ League and in Paris and Florence. He was decorated by the French government with the Legion of Honor, Palme d’Academie, and received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross.
His late father, Henry Merwin Shrady, was also a noted sculptor in the early years of this century. Perhaps his father’s best known work is the Grant Memorial sculpture group on the West grounds of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., completed in 1920 and considered by many as the finest piece of monumental public or official sculpture in the country. One of the most expressive figures in the soldier groups of the Grant Memorial, that of the youthful drummer boy, is a portrait of Frederick, who posed for his father in that role!
Frederick Shrady’s sculpture-in-the-round includes many religious and historical figures. His 18-foot “Peter The Fisherman” is at Lincoln Center in New York City. His dramatic 8-food “Lazarus” was depicted (page 41) in [i]Time[/i] as part of an article on the various translations of the Bible in the magazine’s issued dated December 30, 1974.
Mr. and Mrs. Shrady, the parents of six children, live in Monroe, Connecticut.
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