Where would I find good examples of portrait sculpture in NYC?

June 28, 2012 4:20 PM

Where would I find good examples of portrait sculpture in NYC?

I'm taking a course and would be interested in seeing interesting or inspiring examples (realist preferably).

Thanks.

posted by Jon44 to media & arts (4 answers total)

Well, the Met is going to have a lot of great examples.
posted by xingcat at 4:30 PM on June 28, 2012 [3 favorites]

The work of Saint-Gaudens is what you're looking for, both at the Met and around Manhattan.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:37 PM on June 28, 2012

There is a huge Picasso sculpture in a courtyard off of Bleecker Street, a couple blocks west of Broadway. You can't miss it, it's a woman's head and neck sculpted in stone about thirty feet tall.
posted by hermitosis at 6:17 PM on June 28, 2012 [1 favorite]

New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art would be a very good place for you to check out. Definitely one of the best schools I've attended. http://nyaa.edu/nyaa/exhibitions/index.html
posted by blaneyphoto at 6:18 PM on June 28, 2012 [1 favorite]