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Pearl
Bronze Sculpture
inches 10 x 20
(cm. 25 x 51)
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About the Artist
Moscow-born sculptor Misha Frid, at the age of 35 immigrated with his wife and their young family to the United States in 1973.
Graduated at Moscow State Art College and Moscow State University of Fine Arts, named an Honorable Fellow of Sculptors Society of Moscow, when he left the country his body of works was designated a National Treasure, which denied him the right to take out any pieces. He would have to start over again.
In Albuquerque, where his family settled briefly and later in Los Angeles, he commenced his climb toward North American recognition. In Los Angeles and New York, he worked with the renowned Art Deco exponent Erte, during the artist's last years, learning from the master, but also finding his own way.
He began to combine the classical tradition of literal, beautifully formed figures based on ballet, music, mythology, with the sweep of independent thought that flooded his intellect. Fluidity and elegance were constant, but he was reaching beyond the old, safe boundaries. There was deepening sensuality and soul.
Misha has been named a Fellow of the Sculptors Society of Canada and his Lady of the Lily graces a Toronto streetscape.
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