Bronze Wildlife Collection 25

RICHARD SMITH & TOBIAS MARTIN FINE BRITISH SCULPTURE

A beautiful collection of works by the talented British sculptors Richard Smith and Tobias Martin.

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Richard Smith (b. 1955) Richard J. Smith was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in 1955. He studied illustration at Luton School of Art to a high standard and graduated with a diploma in Technical & Scientific Illustration. He was soon offered a job as a medical artist at the John Radcliffe teaching hospital in Oxford. In 1978 he was painting for galleries as a full time artist with his depictions of wildlife. He has gained an international reputation for his work and is best known for his superb paintings of fish and water.

He has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Patersons in London, The Sportsman’s Edge Gallery in New York, The Call of Africa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Everard Reed Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Richard has exhibited his paintings at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in the USA and the Natural History Museum and Tring Museum in Britain. He has sold at all the major auctions houses in London, such as Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams and Phillips.

In the latter part of 2007, Richard was commissioned to produce several fish paintings, for the Sultan of Oman. Callaghan Fine Paintings has commissioned a series of life size bronze birds. His works include British birds such as the elusive Snipe sitting atop a fence post and the beautiful Little Blue penguin, a native of New Zealand. His works are all studied from life whilst either out in the field or in a museum with taxidermy.

With incredible attention to detail Richard has breathed fresh air into this medium.

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‘Majestic Hare’ Height: 42” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Boxing Hares’ Height: 16” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Calling Curlew’ Height: 17” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Cock Pheasant’ Height: 13” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

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‘Seated Hare’ Height: 19” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Cockerel’ Height: 16” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Curlew’ Width: 20” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

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‘Dabchick’ Height: 4” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Dipper’ Height: 6½” Edition of 50 Original Bronze Signed

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‘Giant What Me’ Height: 40” Original Bronze Signed

‘Goose’ Height: 28” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Great Crested Grebe’ Height: 12” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Little Grayling’ Height: 4” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Lapwing’ Height: 4” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Grebe’ Height: 7” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Grouse’ Height: 13½” Edition of 18 Original Bronze Signed

‘Hen Pheasant’ Height: 4” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Heron’ Height: 32” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Horse Mushroom’ Height: 7” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Kingfisher’ Height: 12” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Mallard’ Width: 16” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Mojo Fun’ Height: 69” Edition of 5 Original Bronze Signed

‘Lying Hare’ Width: 19” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Mallard Drake’ Height: 5½” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Macaw’ Width: 31½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Moorhen’ Width: 9” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Nuthatch’ Height: 6½” Edition of 50 Original Bronze Signed

‘Otter in Pursuit’ Width: 29½” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Otter Pup’ Height: 15” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Pottering Otter’ Width: 33” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Parasol Mushroom’ Height: 13” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Perching Partridge’ Height: 5½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Cock Pheasant’ Width: 17” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Pintail Drake’ Width: 13” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Salmon’ Width: 23” Edition of 18 Original Bronze Signed

‘Seated Partridge’ Width: 8” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Pintail Duck Head’ Height: 85” Edition of 5 Original Bronze Signed

‘Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom’ Height: 12” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Shoveler Duck’ Width: 11” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Snipe’ Height: 16” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Little Owl’ Height: 9½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Stilt’ Height: 16½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Stoat’ Height: 6½” Edition of 50 Original Bronze Signed

‘Taking It Easy’ Width: 20” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Tawny Owl’ Height: 21” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Teal’ Height: 5” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Vixen’ Height: 21” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Trout’ Width: 12” Edition of 18 Original Bronze Signed

‘What, Me?’ Height: 18½” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Woodcock’ Height: 9” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Little Blue’ Height: 13½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘Woodpecker’ Height: 6½” Edition of 25 Original Bronze Signed

‘The Emperor’ Height: 43½” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

Tobias Martin (b. 1972) Tobias Martin was born in 1972 in Wiltshire, 12 miles from Stonehenge. Influenced by his idyllic rural upbringing, and the forces of nature and magic that permeated his childhood surroundings, these works have something of the mystical about them.

Each piece is approached with precise observation and an acute interest in the minutiae of the subject matter, manipulating the material with a delicacy and lightness of touch.

Despite being realised in heavy materials such as bronze, the resulting piece achieves a sense of movement and character that conveys the essential spirit of the animal.

Inspired by the work of Grinling Gibbons and Alfred Gilbert, Martin combines centuries old techniques with modern technology and materials.

He has sculpted professionally for artists, film sets and exclusive interiors, as well as participating in numerous shows internationally including in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

‘Nico’ Height: 67” Edition of 9 Original Bronze Signed

‘In The Moonlight’ Height: 69” Edition of 5 Original Bronze Signed

‘Elephant’ Height: 21” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Baby Elephant’ Width: 13” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

Available separately, or as a pair.

‘Benji’ Height: 24” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Puffin’ Height: 14” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Sir Humphrey’ Height: 28” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Jumping Jack’ Height: 22” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘King Penguin’ Height: 28” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Nico Jnr’ Height: 12” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Jumping Jack on Plinth’ Height: 60” Original Bronze Signed

‘Sir Humphrey on Plinth’ Height: 66½” Original Bronze Signed

‘The Emperor’ ‘Humpback Whale’ Height:45” 43½” Width: Editionofof5 12 Edition Original Bronze Original Bronze Signed Signed

‘Maximus’ Height: 14” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Nanook’ Width: 19” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Whale and Calf’ Width: 25” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘The Emperor’ Height: 43½” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

Emperor’ ‘Giant‘The Sir Humphrey’ Height: 43½” Height: 42” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Original Bronze Signed Signed

‘Giant Jumping Jack’ Height: 46” Original Bronze Signed

‘Boxing Hares’ Height: 28” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Rhino’ Width: 24” Edition of 12 ‘The Emperor’ Original Bronze Signed Height: 43½” Edition of 12 OriginalRhino’ Bronze ‘Baby Signed Height: 6” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed Available separately, or as a pair.

‘Best Friends’ Height: 17” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Tortoise’ Height: 8” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Black Panther’ Height: 12” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘Cheetah Head’ Height: 12” Edition of 12 Original Bronze Signed

‘The Emperor’ ‘Boxing Hares on Plinth’ Height: 43½” Height: 65”of 12 Edition Original Bronze Original Bronze Signed Signed

Please contact a member of the team if you would like any further information on any of the pieces featured or alternatively would like a hard copy of the brochure.

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