Wizard Of OZ
Type:Sculpture
Year:1970
Size:8.00" x 4.00" x 4.00"
Medium:Ceramic
Signed:Unsigned
David James Gilhooly III ART FOR SALE
1943 Auburn, California - 2013 Newport, Oregon. Known for: Whimsical sculpture-frogs, foodstuff, funk art, teaching.
Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley. David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art. By Robert D. Dávila. David Gilhooly,... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley. David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art. By Robert D. Dávila. David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley. David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art. By Robert D. Dávila. David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk art movement at UC Davis in the early 1960s, died Aug. 21. He was 70. He died after collapsing suddenly at his home in Newport, Ore., said his wife, Camille Chang. He had been diagnosed with cancer... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley. David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art. By Robert D. Dávila. David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk art movement at UC Davis in the early 1960s, died Aug. 21. He was 70. He died after collapsing suddenly at his home in Newport, Ore., said his wife, Camille Chang. He had been diagnosed with cancer while being treated for a recent case of food poisoning, she said. Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic works of animals, food and other subjects. He started his career in 1962 as an assistant... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley. David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art. By Robert D. Dávila. David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk art movement at UC Davis in the early 1960s, died Aug. 21. He was 70. He died after collapsing suddenly at his home in Newport, Ore., said his wife, Camille Chang. He had been diagnosed with cancer while being treated for a recent case of food poisoning, she said. Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic works of animals, food and other subjects. He started his career in 1962 as an assistant to sculptor Robert Arneson, who ran the freewheeling TB-9 ceramics studio at UC Davis. Arneson and his student... Read full biography
David James Gilhooly III - Art for Sale (3 available)
Frog Burger
Type:sculpture
Year:1977
Size:5.00" x 4.50" x 6.00"
Medium:Ceramic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
The Iconic Funk piece that put Gilhooly on the map. $45 shipping very good condition
Frog Tostada
Type:sculpture
Year:1981
Size:4.00" x 6.00" x 6.00"
Medium:Ceramic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Classic example of the Funk Style that made him famous Very good condition. Minor shredded cheese breakage. Shipping $45