These aren’t just pictures of people making things; they’re snapshots of transformation, where ideas are made real through grit, patience, and the will to create something that lasts. Here are 20 rare photos of sculptors at work.
1. Edmonia Lewis, born in Rensselaer, NY, shattered expectations about what female artists could accomplish, 1870s
2. Augusta Savage with one of her pieces, 1938
3. Sculptor Felix de Weldon working on the US Marine Corps War Memorial, 1953
4. One of the Brooklyn sculptors embraces Mercury’s solid limestone arm
5. Sophia Loren posing for the Bulgarian sculptor Assen Peikov, 1954
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6. Augusta Savage with her sculpture, 1938
7. Ivan Misko working on a sculpture of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 1962
8. Thomas Ball with his sculpture of George Washington, 1900
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9. Sculpting Albert Einstein, 1930s
10. Nina Saemundsson winning first place with her Sculpture of Hedy Lamarr, 1939
11. Sculptor Martha Armstrong-Hand working on a 3D scene for Disney’s Bambi, 1950s
12. “My dad, a wildlife sculptor, 1980”
13. Sculptor Mark Prent working on his most famous sculpture, 1990
14. Young snow sculptors putting everyone’s snowmen to shame
15. Sculpting Abe Lincoln’s nose, 1936
16. Working on the torso of the statue “Bavaria” by Ludwig Schwanthaler, 1850
17. Irina Shahovskaya and her sculpture, USSR, 1951
18. Posing for young sculptors in their sculpture class
19. Paul Robeson posing for his sculpture by Fredda Brilliant, 1939
20. The first butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair, 1911
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