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Kent Ullberg

Kent Ullberg (Born 1945) is active/lives in Texas, Colorado / Africa, Sweden.  Kent Ullberg is known for Monumental wildlife sculpture.

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Born in Sweden, Kent Ullberg became a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas from where he became one of the more recognized American wildlife sculptors in the late 20th century. He has done numerous public commissions.

In 1998, he won the top award at the Prix de West show in Oklahoma City for his bronze Ocean's Cradle. The work depicts a mother otter cradling her pup and resulted from a three-day trip in the Pacific Ocean sketching and photographing sea otters and their pups cavorting in the waters off California's Monterey Peninsula.

His twelve-foot high bronze of whooping cranes, Rites of Spring, is located near the entrance to the Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Gallery at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Kent Ullberg


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Large Scale, Monumental Artwork
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Animals, Mammals
  • Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
  • Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • Monterey, Carmel California
  • Scandinavia
Art Association
  • Allied Artists of America-
  • American Society of Marine Artists
  • Artists of America
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • National Academy of Western Artists
  • National Arts Club, New York
  • National Sculpture Society
  • Society for Wildlife Art of the Nations
  • Society of Animal Artists
Awards/Recognition
  • Frederic Remington Award, Prix de West
  • Henry Hering Memorial Medal, National Sculpture Society
  • Master Wildlife Artist Award, Leigh Yawkey Museum
  • Prix de West Awards
  • Rungius Medal, Nationa Museum of Wildlife Art
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
  • Public Art in Washington DC
Added Description
  • Professional Museum and/or Gallery Administrator
  • Sculpture Specialty
  • Wildlife Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Swedish
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
  • National Academy of Western Art-
  • National Sculpture Society-
  • Society of Animal Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Masters of the American West, Autry Center
Exhibition of Special Group
  • Great American Artists, Cincinnati
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Prix de West Invitational

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