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Born 1953 Cleveland, Ohio. Known for: Wildlife sculpture-birds and sporting dogs, fountains.
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and knowledgeable friends"all of which he eventually translated into his art. Matia's early artistic leanings were encouraged by his parents and teachers. Art museums were a familiar part of life. From high school until a year or two after college, he spent... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and knowledgeable friends"all of which he eventually translated into his art. Matia's early artistic leanings were encouraged by his parents and teachers. Art museums were a familiar part of life. From high school until a year or two after college, he spent every summer working in the exhibits department of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where details of wildlife a... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Fountain Sculpture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Silhouettist
Art Media
- •Bronze
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Dogs, Dog Portraits
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of Animal Artists
Awards/Recognition
- •Don Pittman Wildlife Art/Prix de West
- •James Earle Fraser Sculpture, Prix de West
- •Master Wildlife Artist Award, Leigh Yawkey Museum
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Garden Sculpture
- •Wildlife Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Society of Animal Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum
- •Masters of the American West, Autry Center
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
- •Great American Artists, Cincinnati
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational