Modern Menagerie: Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen

After brief periods in Zurich, London, and New York, Vanderveen settled along the coast of Big Sur, California, where he built a home and studio. He is today known for his remarkable ability to capture the subtle expressions and gestures of animals with minimal detail using his own observations—sometimes from his travels abroad, often to Africa. Antelopes graze, elephants run in herds, and cheetahs stalk their prey. The artist died in 2015 at the age of 93, but his streamlined sculptures, primarily in bronze, are still admired and beloved by collectors around the world.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.