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#spiritofkings @liz_middleton_sculptor @kathleen.soriano From the view of the #speaker Also #headmaster Mr. Richard Nicholson what a #visionary #memorablemoments #stainlesssteel #sculpture #publicart #artoftheday #landmarksculpture (at The King's High School for Girls) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76nZDllMtt/?igshid=1wtn0mhccdenc

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La Rogariva (1971) Bronze sculpture in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico commissioned for the 450th anniversary of the founding of the city. Lindsay Daen (1923–2001), was a New Zealand sculptor and artist who worked and resided in Puerto Rico. Lindsay Daen was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1923 of Australian parents. He arrived in Australia aged six months. At age 16 he became a Sydney newspaper reporter. During World War II he served in the Australian Army. From 1945 to 1948 Daen studied at East Sydney Technical School and the School of Arts in Adelaide, South Australia, where he concentrated in sculpture. At the age of 25, he was elected into the Royal Art Society in Sydney. In late 1949, Daen, accompanied by his first wife, sailed for the United States, becoming permanent residents in 1951. In 1953, Daen moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and settled into the French Quarter. There his career flourished with shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Following the exhibition of his work at the Whitney, he accepted an invitation by the Puerto Rican Government in 1955 to bring the first major show of sculpture to the island. For the next 40 years, he resided in Old San Juan. He cast primarily in bronze at Codina Art Foundry in Madrid. Major works include La Rogativa (San Juan), The Journeyer (Philadelphia), Queen Adelaide (Adelaide), and Jemmy Morril and the Brolgas (Brisbane). Translation of on-site signage: During the English siege of 1797, the women of the city, led by the bishop, celebrated a petition to urge Saint Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins to liberate them from the capital. The legend attributes to this fact the withdrawal of the British troops. REF: Wikipedia Photo Credit: Alice Lowe for the Puerto Rico Art Crawl. #ArtandDesignMatters #landmarksculptures #admPuertoRicoArtCrawl #admSupportsTheArts #admArtInPublicSpaces #artinpublicspaces #bronzesculpture #culturetrip #culturetravel #culturetraveler #VisitPuertoRico #VisitSanJuan #SanJuan #PuertoRico #SanJuanPuertoRico #artcurator #museumcurator #artcollectors #arthistory #arthistorian #PuertoRicanArt #art #isday (at Puerto Rico, Old San Juan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bNimBAYZz/?igshid=1k93ln8szo4sl