Featured artist
Kathleen Friedenberg
Pennsylvania, USA
- Sell original works
- Offer workshops/classes
- Offer workshops/classes
Specialty Categories
Sculpture
"Fagotto"
10"H x 10" x 5" Bronze |
"Romantico"
11"H x 13" x 6.5" Bronze |
"Who Goes?"
18"H x 19" x 7.5" Bronze |
"El Toro"
14"H x 31" x 12" Bronze |
"Rite of Spring"
16"H x 16" x 8.5" Bronze |
"Two Friends"
11"H x 15.5" x 5.5" Bronze |
"Dust-Up"
15"H x 26" x 11" Bronze |
"Lucky Dragon"
23"H x 15" x 8" Bronze |
"Tangletrunks"
12" x 32" x 7.5" Bronze |
Artist Statement/Bio
Kathleen Friedenberg began her professional career as a veterinary surgeon in England, and came to the United States, on a Thouron scholarship, studying human and equine orthopaedics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Following marriage, and study at a commercial art school, she spent several years doing medical and veterinary illustration, including illustrating three books.
Sculpting began at night school, but soon became a full-time occupation. Further study with Zenos and Evangelos Frudakis resulted in a more structured and classical approach, and her veterinary background gives her unexcelled understanding of animal anatomy and movement.
Horses are the favourites, in a wide range of human and animal subjects. She was actively involved with the American Academy of Equine Art, having been Vice-President and Director of Education. She also conducted an annual workshop of equestrian sculpture, under their auspices for over twenty years, from 1992, at the Kentucky Horse Park, and in several other states. In 2003 she taught the first of the Academy's workshops at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center.
Winning the Academy's "Award of Excellence" for three consecutive years, AND MORE, as judged by fellow equestrian artists, was a special achievement.
In 2002 and 2003, she also taught classes, in sculpture of the horse, at the Scottsdale Artist's School in Arizona, and in 2016 and 2017, at Brookgreen Gardens, S. Carolina.
Kathleen is a member of various other art groups, including the Society of Animal Artists and the National Sculpture Society, winning numerous awards, including Medal of Honor at both Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and the American Artists Professional League, in New York.
Her work has appeared on the cover of The Chronicle of the Horse over twenty times, and she was featured in "Equine Images" magazine in the Fall 1989 issue, "Spur" magazine in July/August 1996, Kentucky Horse Park's magazine, "Discover Horses", Fall/Winter, 2003, "Hunt" magazine in 2004 and "Horses in Art" magazine, Summer 2008, as well as various other publications. She was selected to appear in Daphne S. Landis' beautiful book, "Speaking for Themselves - The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania."
Kathleen is particularly known for the accuracy and vitality in her work. "If it isn't alive, I've failed!"
Kathleen Friedenberg began her professional career as a veterinary surgeon in England, and came to the United States, on a Thouron scholarship, studying human and equine orthopaedics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Following marriage, and study at a commercial art school, she spent several years doing medical and veterinary illustration, including illustrating three books.
Sculpting began at night school, but soon became a full-time occupation. Further study with Zenos and Evangelos Frudakis resulted in a more structured and classical approach, and her veterinary background gives her unexcelled understanding of animal anatomy and movement.
Horses are the favourites, in a wide range of human and animal subjects. She was actively involved with the American Academy of Equine Art, having been Vice-President and Director of Education. She also conducted an annual workshop of equestrian sculpture, under their auspices for over twenty years, from 1992, at the Kentucky Horse Park, and in several other states. In 2003 she taught the first of the Academy's workshops at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center.
Winning the Academy's "Award of Excellence" for three consecutive years, AND MORE, as judged by fellow equestrian artists, was a special achievement.
In 2002 and 2003, she also taught classes, in sculpture of the horse, at the Scottsdale Artist's School in Arizona, and in 2016 and 2017, at Brookgreen Gardens, S. Carolina.
Kathleen is a member of various other art groups, including the Society of Animal Artists and the National Sculpture Society, winning numerous awards, including Medal of Honor at both Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and the American Artists Professional League, in New York.
Her work has appeared on the cover of The Chronicle of the Horse over twenty times, and she was featured in "Equine Images" magazine in the Fall 1989 issue, "Spur" magazine in July/August 1996, Kentucky Horse Park's magazine, "Discover Horses", Fall/Winter, 2003, "Hunt" magazine in 2004 and "Horses in Art" magazine, Summer 2008, as well as various other publications. She was selected to appear in Daphne S. Landis' beautiful book, "Speaking for Themselves - The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania."
Kathleen is particularly known for the accuracy and vitality in her work. "If it isn't alive, I've failed!"
Gallery Representation & Exhibition Schedule
You can find several of Kathleen's works on display at various events and galleries in the upcoming months:
Kathleen is currently represented by the following galleries:
- Kathleen is currently showing in a very well-received four artist sculpture exhibition at Chester County Art Association at 100 N. Bradford Avenue, West Chester through January. For further information call 610 696-5600.
- Kathleen has sculptures on long term display at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina.
- Kathleen's piece, "In the Paddock", is one of only thirteen works accepted into the National Sculpture Society's "Performance in Sculpture" show. This will be at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida, from October, 2017 through June 2019.
- Owing to popular response, the life-size version of the orchestral conductor caricature, "Furioso", is now a permanent resident at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, in Tampa Bay, Florida. There is also one on display at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA.
- Kathleen currently has pieces on exhibition, for an indefinite period, in the Hall of Fame at the U.S. Dressage Federation at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY.
Kathleen is currently represented by the following galleries:
- Tilting at Windmills Gallery, Manchester, VT. For information call: (802) 379-1175.
- Equine Divine Gallery, Aiken, SC. For information call (803) 642-9772, or send an email to [email protected]. Visit their website at www.equinedivineonline.com.
- Wellington Equestrian Art Gallery and Mall, 13920 Wellington Trace, Ste. 44, Wellington, FL. For more information, call 561-333-3100.
- Anderson Galleries, Locust Valley, N.Y. Call: (516) 628-9331
- Vander Moore Designs, Trenton, TN. Call: (731) 499-2825
Workshops/Classes Offered
Kathleen will be teaching another workshop "Sculpture of the Horse - Understanding the Structure", at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, from March 12th -16th, 2018. For further information, contact Robin Salmon at 843-235-6012, or [email protected]
