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For the rest of his life—in contrast to his contemporaries the Color Field painters and industrial-scale sculptors, who required vast studios—he worked in the modest apartment where he kept his own company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It may be another 45 years before anyone gets another crack at one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

By 1970, sculptors Christo and Jeanne-Claude had just wrapped a million square-feet of coastal Australia in tarpaulin lashed with rope.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th Century.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

Stone cutters and sculptors finished the moldings and capitals while masons laid the stone slabs that made up the floor.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay