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woodcarver Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

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notable Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction. It also refers to the capacity to be such. Persons who are notable due to public responsibi ...

people who are known for their working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a

chisel A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, stru ...

by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a

mallet A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head. The term is descriptive of the overall size and proport ...

, resulting in a wooden figure or

figurine A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cl ...

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sculptural Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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* Fritz Abplanalp (1907-1982) * Alma Allen *

Gene Amondson Gene C. Amondson (October 15, 1943 – July 20, 2009) was a painter, woodcarver, Christian minister and prohibition activist, who was the 2004 US presidential nominee for one faction of the Prohibition Party and the nominee of the unified par ...

(1943-2009) * H. S. "Andy" Anderson (1893-1960) * Wepiha Apanui *

John Wormald Appleyard John Wormald Appleyard (10 September 1831 – 14 January 1894) (active 1851–1893) was a British sculptor and monumental mason based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He was sixteen years old when his apprenticeship as a stone carver was cur ...

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Joseph A. Bailly Joseph Alexis Bailly (January 21, 1823 or 1825 – June 15, 1883) was an American sculptor who spent most of his career in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught briefly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which has a collection of his ...

* Magnus Berg *

Leslie Garland Bolling The sculptor Leslie Garland Bolling (September 16, 1898September 27, 1955) was born in Surry County, Virginia, United States on September 16, 1898, the son of Clinton C. Bolling, a blacksmith, and his wife Mary. His carvings reflected everyday ...

* Lancelot Bryan

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Dudley C. Carter Dudley Christopher Carter (May 6, 1891 – April 7, 1992) was an artist and woodcarver from the Pacific Northwest. His works are on display in the U.S. states of Washington (U.S. state), Washington, Oregon and California. There are also works of h ...

Wendell Castle Wendell Castle (November 6, 1932 – January 20, 2018) was an American sculptor and furniture maker and an important figure in late 20th century American craft. He has been referred to as the "father of the art furniture movement" and included ...

* Walter Channing Jr. *

Johann Joseph Christian Johann Joseph Christian (12 February 1706 – 22 June 1777) was a German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver. His masterworks are considered to be the choir stalls in Zwiefalten Abbey and Ottobeuren Abbey. Christian was born in Riedlingen, in ...

Jack Coutu Raymond John "Jack" Coutu ARE ARCA (13 September 1924 – 17 May 2017) was an English printmaker, sculptor, etcher, engraver, carver, watercolourist and teacher. He was influenced by Oriental art. Jack Coutu was born Raymond John Coutu at Fa ...

* A. Elmer Crowell *

Cherie Currie Cherie Ann Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, musician, actress and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of The Runaways, a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. After The Runaways, she became a solo artist. ...

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* Giovanni Angelo Del Maino * Delbert Daisey *

Beau Dick Beau Dick (November 23, 1955 – March 27, 2017) was a Kwakwaka'wakw Northwest Coast artist and Chief who lived and worked in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. He was a contemporary artist, activist and hereditary Chief from the Namgis First ...

Axel Petersson Döderhultarn Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson, formerly Axel Petersson, (12 December 1868 – 15 March 1925) was a Swedish wood carver who was one of the recognized masters of wood carving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving, Sca ...

Patrick Damiaens Patrick Damiaens (born 15 November 1966) is a Belgian woodcarver who specialises in baroque ornamental and heraldic sculptures. Biography After studying furniture making for six years and ornamental woodcarving for four years, Damiaens started ...

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Henning Engelsen Henning Engelsen (5 February 1918 – 8 September 2005) was a Norwegian woodcarver and illustrator. Biography Henning Engelsen was born at Sandefjord in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. He started his woodcarving career in 1947 in a small wor ...

Harold Enlow Harold Enlow began woodcarving in the 1960s while stationed in Okinawa, Japan. He has become one of America's leading wood carvers. He is a member of Caricature Carvers of America. Published works #''Carving Figure Caricatures in the Ozark Style ...

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Lukman Alade Fakeye Lukman Alade Fakeye (born June 25, 1983, in Ibadan) is a Yoruba Nigerian sculptor and woodcarver. The youngest in the Fakeye family of carvers, he is a nephew of Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, who carved the doors of the African Room at the Kennedy Cente ...

Jim Flora James Flora (January 25, 1914 ‒ July 9, 1998), best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the ...

Jozef Fojtik Jozef Fojtik (born 1960 in Krupina, Slovakia) is famous for folk art wood carving. He began woodcarving about 1988 as a hobby. He has worked extensively for Krupina, including for its mayor and for Catholic and Protestant churches in the area. His ...

(1960-) * William H. Fry

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Edward Gallenstein Edward F. Gallenstein (October 9, 1922 – April 7, 2015) was an American woodcarver and editor, who served as the second President of the National Wood Carvers Association, during which time he was also the Editor-in-Chief of the woodcarving magaz ...

* John Geldersma * Wendell Gilley *

Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other ...

Alexander Grabovetskiy Alexander Grabovetskiy (born July 4, 1973) is a Russian-American Master wood carver. Grabovetskiy was recognized as the 2012 International Wood Carver of the year, and his piece ''Wall Decoration'' was awarded first place. His work utilizes th ...

* Félix Granda *

Ignaz Günther Ignaz Günther (22 November 1725 – 27 June 1775) was a German sculptor and Woodworking, woodcarver working in the Bavarian Rococo tradition. He was born in Altmannstein, where he received his earliest training from his father, then studied in ...

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Ben Harms Ben Harms (January 1955 – December 2021) was a German-born traditional woodcarver working in England. Some of his work can be seen at The Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court and alongside the work of Grinling Gibbo ...

John Hemings John Hemmings (also spelled Hemings) (1776 – 1833) was an American woodworker. Born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as a member of the large mixed-race Hemings family, he trained in the Monticello Joinery and became a highly skilled ...

Claude Raguet Hirst Claude Raguet Hirst (born Claudine, 1855–1942) was an American painter of still lifes. She was the only woman of her era to gain acclaim using the ''trompe-l'œil'' ("fool the eye") technique. Early life and education Claudine was born in Cin ...

Bror Hjorth Bror Hjorth (1894 in Marma, Sweden – May 21, 1968 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish artist. Hjorth was one of Sweden’s best-known sculptors and painters, and was professor of art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockh ...

* Albert Hoffman * Hans Holst * Advent Hunstone * Chris Hammack

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Antoine Jacson Antoine Jacson ( – 6 December 1803) was a Canadian soldier and wood carver. Jacson worked as a master wood carver in Quebec, contributing friezes, rosettes and other decorative elements to churches throughout the province, including t ...

Emil Janel Emil Janel (21 September 1897 – May 1981) was a Swedish-born, American artist. A still life painter, he is mainly known for his caricatures in the Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving, and is considered by many to be one of the best o ...

* Kåre Jonsborg *

Lorentz Jørgensen Lorentz Jørgensen (before 1644 – after 1681) was a Danish woodcarver. He was possibly trained by Hans Gudewerdt in Eckernförde. The two may well have worked together in 1643 on the altar screen for the north chapel in Halsted Priory Chu ...

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Marv Kaisersatt Marvin Robert Kaisersatt (born 1 February 1939) is an American woodcarver. He was born in Montgomery, Minnesota to Bessie and Benjamin Kaisersatt. Career Kaisersatt attended high school in Montgomery, MN and graduated from St. John's Universi ...

Johannes Kirchmayer Johannes Kirchmayer also known as John Kirchmayer (March 31, 1860 – November 29, 1930) was one of the leading woodcarvers in the United States, active primarily in the Boston area. Kirchmayer was born in Oberammergau, Bavaria. After learn ...

* Glisha Kostovski * Jacob Kremberg

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Armand LaMontagne Armand LaMontagne (born 1939) is an American sculptor of celebrated personalities. Education LaMontagne is a graduate of Worcester Academy and Boston College. He is a self-taught artist who has honed his skills through practicing his profession. ...

Ron Lane Ron Lane (died 1976) was a woodcarver who lived in the New Forest region of Hampshire, England. Ron Lane was a resident of Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire.British Pathe (1969). Wood Sculptor', Canister: UN 4462 A; Film ID: 3318.20; Sort number: UN ...

Alois Lang Alois Lang (1872–1954) was a Master Woodcarver at the American Seating Company, and one of the artists responsible for bringing the medieval art of ecclesiastical carving to life in the United States. Lang was born in Oberammergau in Bavaria, a ...

Walter Langcake Walter Langcake (21 February 1889, Warragul, Victoria – 6 June 1967, Frankston, Victoria) was an Australian woodcarver and sculptor, who specialised in ecclesiastical decorative arts. He was active between 1912 and the mid-1960s and was o ...

(1889-1967) * Po Shun Leong (1941-) * Jan van Lokeren *

Mark Lindquist Mark Lindquist (born 1949) is an United States, American Sculpture, sculptor in wood, Painting, artist, author, and Photography, photographer. Lindquist is a major figure in the redirection and resurgence of woodturning in the United States beginn ...

* Mel Lindquist * Robert Longhurst *

Charles I. D. Looff Charles I. D. Looff was a German master carver and builder of hand-carved carousels and amusement rides, who immigrated to the United States of America in 1870. Looff built the first carousel at Coney Island in 1876. During his lifetime, he bui ...

George López George T. López (April 23, 1900 – December 23, 1993) was a renowned Santo (art), Santos woodcarver who was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982. He was born in the small village of Cordova, New ...

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Andrew Mansioun Andrew Mansioun, or Mentioun or Manschone or Manson, (d. 1579) was a French artist who worked at the court of James V, King of Scots. He was the master carpenter of the Scottish artillery for Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI of Scotland. Works A ...

Samuel McIntire Samuel McIntire (January 16, 1757 – February 6, 1811) was an American architect and craftsman, best known for his work in the Chestnut Street District, a classic example of Federal style architecture. Life and career Born in Salem, Massachus ...

Juan Martínez Montañés Juan Martínez Montañés (March 16, 1568 – June 18, 1649), known as el Dios de la Madera (''the God of Wood''), was a Spanish sculptor, born at Alcalá la Real, in the province of Jaén. He was one of the most important figures of the Sevill ...

* Josef Moriggl * Kate Mosher * Matt Moulthrop * Philip Moulthrop *

Sarah Ann McMurray Sarah Ann McMurray ( Silcock, 26 August 1848 – 14 September 1943) was a New Zealand woodcarver and craftswoman. Biography McMurray was born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 August 1848, the daughter of Susannah Silcock (''née'' Flower) and Cap ...

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* Aaron Nelson-Moody * Tamati Ngakaho

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Calle Örnemark Calle Olof Sigvard Örnemark (19 December 1933 – 4 August 2015) was a Swedish artist and sculptor from Jönköping Municipality, Sweden. He is particularly known for his large wooden sculptures, but he also made paintings and metal sculptures. ...

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* Park Chan-su (1949-) * Marko Penov *

Irvan Perez Irván J. "Puco" Pérez (; December 29, 1923 – January 8, 2008) was an Isleño folk artist and advocate for the Isleño identity. He is most well known for the singing of ''décimas'', but he was also an accomplished woodcarver. Throughou ...

* David E. Pergrin * Te Waaka Perohuka * Oscar W. Peterson * Walter J. Phillips *

Elijah Pierce Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) was a 20th-century wood carver. Pierce was the youngest in his family born from a former slave on a farm in Baldwyn, Mississippi on March 5, 1892. He began carving at a young age using a pocket knife. He first started ...

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Lars Pinnerud Lars Pinnerud (18 August 1700 – 1762) was a Norwegian farmer and woodcarver. He was the most prominent woodcarver in Hedmark in the early 18th century. His works influenced later artists in Hedmark and Oppland, in particular in the Gudbrand ...

Pinwill sisters The Pinwill sisters (consisting of Mary (1871–1962), Ethel (1872–1951) and Violet (1874–1957)) were British professional woodcarvers in Devon from 1890 onwards. Although in their era there were women who produced stained glass, sculpture, ...

(born 1870s), English woodcarvers *

Susan Point Susan Point (born 1952) is a Musqueam Coast Salish artist from Canada, who works in the Coast Salish tradition. Her sculpture, prints and public art works include pieces installed at the Vancouver International Airport, the National Museum of t ...

Piri Poutapu Wiremu "Piri" Te Ranga Poutapu (8 June 1905 – 20 August 1975) was a New Zealand Māori master carver and carpenter. He identified with the Ngāti Korokī and Waikato iwi. He was born in Maungatautari, Waikato, New Zealand in 1905. He was ...

* Hori Pukehika * Alexander Pope, Jr. *

Don Potter Donald Steele Potter (21 April 1902 – 7 June 2004) was an English sculptor, wood carver, potter and teacher. Don Potter was born in Newington, near Sittingbourne, Kent, the son of a school teacher, and attended a private school. He joined t ...

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William Jesse Ramey William "Jesse" Ramey (January 28, 1891 – May 26, 1963)Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine (July-Aug 2015 Page 18-19) is a vintage master carver of fish decoys.American Fish Decoys by Steven Michaan His work is sometimes attributed to "Jes ...

James Rattee James Rattee (1820–29 March 1855) was an English woodcarver and mason, especially noted for his skill in church ornamentation and restoration, for which his services were sought worldwide. Life Rattee was born at Fundenhall, Norfolk, in ...

Harley Refsal Harley Refsal is an internationally recognized figure carver, specializing in Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Background Carver was born and raised on a farm near Hoffman, Minnesota, which was homesteaded by his Norwegian-immigrant gr ...

* Remèr *

Tilman Riemenschneider Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460 – 7 July 1531) was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master i ...

Jørgen Ringnis Jørgen Ringnis, also known as "Jørgen Billedsnider", (birth unknown, died 1652 in Nakskov) was a Danish woodcarver. He created a number of altarpieces and pulpits in Danish churches, especially on the islands of Lolland and Falster.

* Raharuhi Rukupo

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Abel Schrøder Abel Schrøder, also Abel Schrøder the Younger, (c. 1602–1676) was a Danish woodcarver with a workshop in Næstved, then the centre for woodcarving in Southern Zealand. He is remembered for his many auricular altarpieces and pulpits depictin ...

* Pat Scott *

Emil Seidel Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864 – June 24, 1947) was a prominent German-American politician. Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. The first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, Seidel became the Vice Presidential ...

Hans Seyffer Hans Seyffer, also known as ''Hans Seyfer'' or ''Hans of Heilbronn'' (c.1460–1509), was a stone sculptor and wood carver of the late Gothic style. Biography Seyffer was born in Sinsheim. Little else is known about his life. He lived an ...

* Bob Spear * Johannes Stenrat * Dave Stetson *

Johann Gustav Stockenberg Johan(n) Gustav Stockenberg (c. 1660 – c. 1710, Tallinn) was a Swedish sculptor, wood carver and stonemason who worked in Sweden, Russia and mainly in Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia). Life and work Stockenberg was born in Sweden (probably in St ...

Veit Stoss Veit Stoss (also: ''Veit Stoß'' and ''Stuoss''; pl, Wit Stwosz; before 1450about 20 September 1533) was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissa ...

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Hone Taiapa Honing is a kind of metalworking. Hone may also refer to: * Hone (name) (incl. Hōne), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname * Hõne language, spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria * Hône Hône ( Valdôtain: (loca ...

Frederick William Tod Frederick William Tod (1879 - 1958) was an English born Australian furniture maker and woodcarver. Work held in collections * Honour roll designs in the Sydney Living Museums *Archive of design drawings by F.W. Tod held at Caroline Chisholm ...

Edgar Tolson Edgar Tolson (1904–1984) was a woodcarver from Kentucky who became a well-known folk artist. He was born in Lee City, Wolfe County, Kentucky as the fourth of eleven children and educated through the sixth grade. He worked as a carpenter and ...

* John O. Torell *

Carl Johan Trygg Carl Johan Trygg, formally ''Carl Johan Thrygg'', also knowns as C. J. Trygg, woodcarver, (1887 – 1954) was one of the recognized masters of twentieth century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Between ...

Carl Olof Trygg Carl Olof Trygg (December 21, 1910 – 1993), was one of the recognized masters of 20th century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Trygg was born in Stora Tuna, Kopparberg county, Dalarna, Sweden. He was o ...

Lars Trygg Lars Trygg, woodcarver, (29 May 1929 – 29 June 1999) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century wood carving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Early years Trygg was born in Sweden. He was one of three childr ...

Nils Trygg Nils Trygg (1914–1951) was one of the recognized masters of twentieth century woodcarving, most famous for the Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Nils Trygg was born in Småland, Sweden. He was one of three sons of Carl Johan Trygg a ...

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Peter Van Dievoet Peter van Dievoet (; French: Pierre, Dutch: Peeter, Latin: Petrus; 16611729) was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels. He achieved fame for his work on a number of the Baroque guil ...

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* Ignaz Waibl * Lemuel & Steven Ward * Werburgh Welch * Ben Wilson *

Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)Some sources say 1931; ''The New York Times'' and Reuters both initially reported 1931 in their obituaries before changing to 1930. See and was an American author and journalist widely ...

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* Fred Zavadil * Gene Zesch (1863-1949)

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