FREDERICK HART, SCULPTOR OF BRONZE & ACRYLIC STATUES

"I believe that art has a moral responsibility, that it must pursue something higher than itself. Art must be a part of life. It must exist in the domain of the common man. It must be an enriching, ennobling and vital partner in the public pursuit of civilization. It should be a majestic presence in everyday life just as it was in the past." - Frederick Hart

In 1967 Frederick Hart applied for a job at the Washington National Cathedral to learn the skill of stone carving. For seven years he sketched ideas for the Cathedral international competition and in 1974 he was awarded the project at the age of thirty-one. The Creation Sculptures were completed in 1990, almost twenty years after Hart began work on them. The central tympanum, Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothing), was a result of the renowned artist’s endeavors.

Frederick Hart created the statue of Three Soldiers, one of America's most famous sculptures, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the nation's capital. Cast in bronze, this historic sculpture was dedicated in November, 1984, at a major ceremony attended by President Ronald Reagan and more than 100,000 veterans.

In a century marked by nihilism, abstraction, and deconstruction, Frederick Hart exemplifies a returning tide to aesthetic and moral agendas embodied in the great ages of art in the past.