Joel Rudnick
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Joel Rudnick is an American
painter and sculptor.
Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Rudnick received his initial training as a painter at the Art Students League of New York
. He was a protégé of Shelly Fink and studied with the caricaturist and painter David Levine
on a scholarship at the Brooklyn Museum
Art School. Rudnick also studied sculpture at the National Academy School of Art and Design in New York City. Later in life he made the Berkshires his home.
Joel Rudnick re-modeled the falcon for the Central Park statue called The Falconer
by George Blackall Simonds. The remodeling occurred in the late 60s although, due to lack of funds, it wasn't actually cast and mounted until 1982.
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The bulk of Rudnick's paintings are impressionistic landscapes of the Berkshires, which he has called home for most of his adult life. His sculptures, mostly nudes, depict people in various stages of life or in their loving interactions with each other.
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painter and sculptor.
Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Rudnick received his initial training as a painter at the Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
. He was a protégé of Shelly Fink and studied with the caricaturist and painter David Levine
David Levine
David Levine was an American artist and illustrator best known for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th Century".-Early life and education:Levine was born in Brooklyn, where his father Harry ran a...
on a scholarship at the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
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Art School. Rudnick also studied sculpture at the National Academy School of Art and Design in New York City. Later in life he made the Berkshires his home.
Joel Rudnick re-modeled the falcon for the Central Park statue called The Falconer
The Falconer sculpture
The Falconer is a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City by English sculptor George Blackall Simonds.It depicts a human in an Elizabethan dress standing on a pedestal, holding a bird.The Falconer has a history of being vandalized...
by George Blackall Simonds. The remodeling occurred in the late 60s although, due to lack of funds, it wasn't actually cast and mounted until 1982.
http://joelrudnick.com/sites/joelrudnick.com/files/joel_and_eagle.png
The bulk of Rudnick's paintings are impressionistic landscapes of the Berkshires, which he has called home for most of his adult life. His sculptures, mostly nudes, depict people in various stages of life or in their loving interactions with each other.
Awards
- Elizabeth T. Greenshields memorial Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
- Joel Meisner Foundry Prize, Salmagundi Club, NYC
- Lindsay Morris memorial Award, Allied Artists of America, NYC
- Mrs. Louis Bennett Prize, National Sculpture Society
- The Louis La Baume Memorial Prize
- Harriet Whitney Frismuth Prize, National Academy School of Fine Arts
- Honorable mentions from the National Sculpture Society and Allied Artists of America