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SEPTEMBER 3 - 28, 1986
The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery,
Lindsborg,Kansas
Frank R. Reese, Sr.
Lindsborg, Kansas, Sculptor
As a self-taught sculptor who became a full-time
artist at fifty because of a serve heart attack, Frank
R. Reese, Sr. uses his mind's eye and understanding of
anatomy to model his work. His early years of working
cattle and horses on his grandfather's farm near Abiline,
Kansas, gives his sculpture a sound foundation of
experience. From 1972, when he became a full-time
studio artist, Reese has produced s considerable volume of
work. Bronze cast sculpture from wax model is his
present-day medium in sculpture. The Hitching Post
Studio which celebrated its opening in 1984 provides a
fine working area and exhibition space for Mr. Reese's
sculpture and the drawings and paintings by his
daughter, Susan, and son, Bob. Many visitors to Lindsborg
have enjoyed their visit to the artist's studio,
located beside his home on Jackson Street.
Frank Reese's success as s sculptor has grown with
each passing year. His work is found in many private
collections. In 1983, his bronze entitled "Bighorn
Sheep" was given by the artist as a gift to President
Ronald Reagan, In 1972, "Kansas Magazine" featured a
story and photographs of his four early steel animal
sculptures. In the article his daughter, Susan, said
that her father could make "a horse that money couldn't
buy." And he did!
The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery has received
the four early steel animal sculptures by Mr. Reese as
a gift from he and his family, The Longhorn Steer,
Buffalo, Elk, and Horse have been fashioned by welding
and pounding with a steel hammer made from part of an
oil rig. Work on the sculpture was done at night after
Mr. Reese s daily full-time job. Because of this the
completion of the four animals took several years.
The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas
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