Art Gallery: Sculpture Available for sale by Hamilton Reed Armstrong

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Short Biography, followed by a general overview of the commissioned work of ......................Hamilton Reed Armstrong Please Scroll Down.......

 Mr. Armstrong born in 1937, studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and with internationally recognized sculptors; Carl Iluva , Walker Hancock, and Fredrick Shrady. Much of Mr. Armstrong's work was produced during an extended stay in Spain, where his work was extolled by noted critics Raul Chavari, and Cecilio Barbaran as a revitalization of the Spanish mystical tradition embodied in the work of El Greco, Zurbaran, Alonso Cano, Pedro de Mena and Martinez Montañez.. Mr. Armstrong's work is also reproduced in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of World History (Edicion Planeta 1977, Vol. II). Mr. Armstrong has taught art history for Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, studio art for the Magi Center at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC and presently teaches with The Height's School, Potomac, MD, as well as the distance learning program of The International Catholic University, Notre Dame, IN. Mr. Armstrong’s work may be seen in private collections, churches, public spaces in the United States, Europe, and Africa as well as many museums including the Dansforth in Framingham MA. Recent commissions include: the commemorative medal for the Victims of Communism Committee, Washington D.C., Portrait bust of H.H. Pius X for the papal memorial chapel, Riese Italy, Portrait bust of H.H. John Paul II for The John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington D.C., the Papanicolas memorial Chalice for St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church, Washington D.C., and he is presently working on a series of monumental sculptures for the Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI.

 

He now lives with his wife, painter Roxolana Luczakowsky Armstrong, in Front Royal, VA, where he continues his professional work as a sculptor, lecturer ( St. Michaels Guild, Mystic CT, summer 2000, International Institute for Culture, Philadelphia, PA, Winter 2000, Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, winter 2000, Bishops Bioethics Conference, Dallas TX, Spring 2001), and writer, most recently for Crisis Magazine, Latin Mass, and Communio.

 

 

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 These 16 foot cast aluminum doors done by Mr. Armstrong were installed in Fuengirola , on the Costa del Sol, in Spain in 1975. The theme of the work is the Apostles Creed, the left hand panel (stage right) representing the creation and the right hand panel (stage left) representing the work of Salvation.

 

The picture to the right was a featured work in the Spanish language edition of the UNESCO Encyclopedia of World History

 

 

Retablo in cast stone and bronze depicting the heavenly adoration of the Lamb in the parish church of San Antonoio Abad,Curriana, Malaga Spain, 1968

 

 

 

 Monument to the 11th Century Hebrew poet - Philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol erected in the Jardines dela Alcazabilla, Malaga, Spain, 1970

 

 

 

 Monument to Motherhood... Llanes, Asturias, Spain. This statue, dedicated in 1975 is affectionately known locally as "Abuela" (Grand Mother) and children usually have their First Communion pictures taken sitting in her lap.

 

 

A close up of "Abuela's" face shows her serious concern for the wellfare of her many "children" and "Grandchildren."

 

Altars.......

 

 

7 archetypes of Christ from the

Old Testament from Abel to

Melchesadech as depicted in

Stone on the face of the altar

at Holy Trinity Church,

Malaga Spain

 

 

In the church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Torremolinos, Spain, the altar frontal depicts The Marriage Feast at Cana at which the Blessed Mother intervened to ask her Son to perform His first miracle on our behalf.

 

View of the altar and retablo depicting the Risen Christ reigning from the cross

 

Tabernacles.....

 

Doors depicting angels in Eucharistic adoration sculpted for the oratory of Oakcrest School, Washington, DC

 

Crucifixes.....

 

 

Christ depicted as, "Lux Mundi"

sculpted for the Centro de Oracion,

Maria de Nazaret, Cartama, Spain 1997

 

Madonnas.....

 

 

 

Our Lady Queen of Peace, 1989, situated in the gardens of The Heights School, Potomac MD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ave Maria Purissima

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