Oregon Pacific Northwest Artist Brutalist Bronze "Charging Animal" Sculpture by Tom Hardy 1985 Decorative Arts The diorama with four hummingbirds

The diorama with four hummingbirds

The sacophagus shaped cellarette having a band of carved eplipital decoration to the top and a gadrooned edge to the hinged lid

Measurements when open width 53"

he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years

the brothers worked in the shipyards in Vancouver

Oregon Pacific Northwest Artist Brutalist Bronze "Charging Animal" Sculpture by Tom Hardy 1985 Decorative Arts The diorama with four hummingbirdsA good & large constructivist bronze by one of Oregon's most celebrated 20th century artists, Tom Hardy (1921 2016). Hardy was an accomplished sculptor, painter & print maker. This bronze exemplifies his work, the bronze depicts a highly stylized creature, it is labelled to the underside "Charging Animal" and is mounted on a stone plinth, the bronze is mounted with a plaque signed "Tom Hardy". Tom's work is housed in museums and galleries across the