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Ken Shutt (1928-April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and watercolorist who was born in Long Beach, California.〔http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/Apr/20/ln/hawaii4200332.html〕 He graduated from Pasadena City College, the Art Center College of Design and the Chouinard Art Institute. He moved to Hawaii in 1963, and lived there until 1995.〔Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.〕 He returned to California in 1995, to be near his foundry, when he was commissioned to create a bronze sculpture for the entrance of Sea Life Park Hawaii.〔''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010〕 He died 2010, at age 81, in Atascadero, California.〔''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010〕 His best known paintings are watercolors of Hawaii's flora (see image). His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as resin, wood, terrazzo, bronze, and granite.〔Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.〕 The Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawaii State Art Museum are among the public collections holding work by Ken Shutt. His sculptures in public places include:〔(Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum )〕 * A granite and bronze sculpture at the Kauai Performing Arts Center, Lihue, Hawaii. * Untitled 1976 sculpture, Leilehua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii * ''Waialua'', 1976, Waialua High and Intermediate School, Waialua, Hawaii * ''Konohiki'', 1980-1981, King Intermediate School, Kaneohe, Hawaii * ''Celebrating the Arts'', 1999, Kauai Community College, Kauai, Hawaii * ''Heritage Growing'', 1975, Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii * ''Lanai Ohana'', 1977, Lanai High and Elementary School, Lanai City, Hawaii * ''Kauai Ola'', 1981, Kauai High School, Lihue, Hawaii * ''Hawaiian Porpoises'', 1976, Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu, Hawaii * ''Family Structure'', 1971, Kauikeaouli Hale (courthouse), Honolulu, Hawaii * ''Matrix'', 1990, Hilo High School, Hilo, Hawaii * ''Four Valleys'', 1978, Waianae High School, Waianae, Hawaii * ''Konohiki'', 1973, Hawaii State Art Museum sculpture garden ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Shutt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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