Frederick Elliott Hart (born on June 7, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia – died on August 13, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a twentieth-century American sculptor whose work recalls the figurative tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hart studied at the University of South Carolina, the Corcoran School of Art, and American University without receiving a degree. A convert to Catholicism, Hart’s work often conveys sensuousness joined with religiosity. In his later career, he created female nudes from cast acrylic resin in a process that he patented.
Hart is recognized for creating work—at once traditional in its adherence to the human figure, radical in its sensuality, and innovative in its materials—which has brought about a resurgence of interest in the human figure and in the idea of beauty in contemporary American art.
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- A website is about him/his works. http://www.frederickhart.com/index.asp