Amazingly realistic figurative wood sculptures by Bruno Walpoth

Brief Summary

Italian artist Bruno Walpoth uses wood as a medium for absolutely stunning figurative sculptures. His pieces draw attention not only to the level of realism applied to them, but also to the deep feelings and emotions they express.

Hailing from a family of wood sculptors, Bruno Walpoth simultaneously honors a centuries-old tradition and modernizes it for the 21st century. Walpoth carves life-sized human figures from blocks of wood, and finishes the sculptures with acrylic paint. He repeatedly covers and sands down the surfaces to mask evidence of the wood grain and achieve a translucent, skin-like appearance. Walpoth occasionally coats his sculptures with lead and has produced bronze works and drawn portraits, but he continuously finds himself drawn to wood due to its natural sensuality. Drawing inspiration from late Gothic and early Renaissance Italian wood sculpture, Walpoth emphasizes human sensibility over form. He chooses to capture a single moment rather than tell an entire story through each work.

Bruno Walpoth

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