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Joy Kroeger Beckner
Born in 1944 and raised in St. Louis, Ms. Beckner attended Washington University School of Fine Art before pursuing a professional career in the fashion industry. In the late 1980s, she returned to painting, but felt constrained by working in two dimensions. "My paintings kept getting thicker and thicker," she remembers. "On a lark, I took a figurative sculpture class. I said, 'This is fun,' and my work just took off." The artist is inspired by the sensuous shapes of skin, bone and muscle, and while she has worked with the human figure in the past, it is primarily dachshunds and other short-haired breeds that she focuses on now.
Ms. Beckner's bronze dachshunds have brought her numerous awards, including the National Sculpture Society Silver Medal, an Award of Excellence from the Society of Animal Artists, the Ellin P. Speyer Prize at the National Academy in New York Ciy, and four Best in Shows at prestigious invitational exhibitions around the country. Her work is included in private collections around the world and has been purchased for the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog for its permanent collection.
Big Heart
Half Life-sized
Gordon Setter, Bronze, ed. 20, $5,000
20" x 12 1/2" x 8"
- arriving next week -
Lord of the Couch
Life-sized
Miniature Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $3,900
- in stock -
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $450
- available to order -
Siesta
Life-sized
Miniature Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $3,000
- in stock -
Life-sized
Standard Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $4,500
- available to order -
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $500
- available to order -
Dreaming of Tomatoes
Life-sized Miniature Dachshund,
Bronze, ed. 20, $3,500
- available to order -
Sweet Roll
Life-sized
Standard Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $5,000
- available to order -
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $575
- available to order -
Squirrel Season, Smooth Coat
1:6 Scale Bookends,
Bronze, ed. 50, $3,200
- available to order -
Life's a Ball
Life-sized
Standard Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $9,600
- available to order -
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $600
- available to order -
Squirrel Season, Wire Coat
1:6 Scale Bookends,
Bronze, ed. 50, $3,200
- available to order -
Sunnyside Up
Life-sized
Standard Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $7,000
- available to order -
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $600
- available to order -
Over the Rainbow
Life-sized
Labrador Bust, Bronze, ed. 20, $1,700
10" x 9" x 8"
- available to order -
Squirrel Season, Long Coat
1:6 Scale Bookends,
Bronze, ed. 50, $3,200
- available to order -
Lives to Please
Retriever, Bronze, ed. 20, $3,200
14" x 12" x 5"
- available to order -
Siesta
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $500
- available to order -
So Good to See You
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $575
- available to order -
Lord of the Couch
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $450
- available to order -
Sweet Roll
1:6
Scale Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $600
- available to order -
Palm Paw
Bronze, ed. open, $350
- available to order -
