Gert Olsen Stone Sculpture "Reclining Woman" Fine Secondary Market Sculpture for sale at Sculpture Collector

"Reclining Woman"

This sculpture is in excellent condition, single owner.

Gert Olsen was born and educated in Denmark. He immigrated to Canada in 1956, then to the United States in 1962, where he gained citizenship. He has been a resident of Jupiter, Florida, since 1984.

Gert’s career began as a woodcarver and then expanded into church carving. His transition to stone was in the late 1970’s. Gert gained familiarity with marble by first hand observation in Pietrasanta, Italy, home of the famous Cararra marble. Numerous trips abroad led to the importation of tons of European and Italian marble for carving at his Jupiter studio. He sculpts in domestic marble and Indiana limestone as well.

Gert works with the natural texture and color of the stone to create representative sculpture of animals and human forms and to develop abstract shapes. Sizes range from tabletop to monumental for both indoor and outdoor display.

One of Gert’s large commissions is a monumental bear family at the Teddy Bear Museum in Naples, FL., and other pieces of his work have been selected for public installations in Saugatuck, MI, and Jupiter, FL. Gert received awards at national shows in Artigras, FL; Armonk, NY; Bruce Museum, Greenwich CT; and Bonita Springs, FL. His work can be found in art collections in England, Switzerland, France, Germany, Japan and his native Denmark.

Mr. Olsen is a member of the International Sculpture Center, Washington, D.C. His sculpture has been shown in galleries in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Illinois and Florida.

Gert continues to expand his gallery and sculpture garden at his studio in Jupiter Farms.
"My sculpture is the result of working and experimenting with various materials and methods of carving. Seventeen years of cabinetry and wood sculpture evolved into stone carving which I have been doing the past twenty-five years. I work with the natural texture and color of the stone to create representative sculpture of animals, human forms and abstract shapes."

His Cararra marble comes from his many trips to Italy, resulting in importation of tons of Italian and other European marble for carving at his Florida Studio. He also works in domestic marble and Indiana limestone.

Most pieces are mounted on rotating bases for better viewing. The sculptures range from tabletop to monumental size for indoor and outdoor display.