Ballet Dancers I

The work titled, Ballet Dancers I by the South African female sculptor, Maureen Quin (b. 1934). Quin's work is Abstract Expressive and she is iconic for her subject matter of moving ballet dancers, portraits, figures, torsos, monumental miniatures and realistic works such as Cape Minstrels, Venda Dancers, Realistic Studies as well as cats and often works on commissions. Quin is a deeply passionate and emotionally engaged sculptor. South Africa is richer for the insightful and thematically relevant quality of her bronze sculptures. Her sculptures are alive with volumes and eloquent voids; her sculptures are visually challenging and harmonious – the bronze sculptures beg pondering.Short Biography: Maureen Quin was born in 1934 near Bloemfontein in the Free State. She studied under Mary Stainbank at the School of Fine Arts in Durban and at the Goldsmith College of Art in London. She began sculpting professionally in 1956.1n 1990, she won the Silver Medal for contribution to Sculpture in South Africa by the University of Pretoria and a later in the 2000 Arts and Culture Award from the Eastern Cape Government for contributing to 3D arts in the Eastern Cape. On the 29 of June, Quin was awarded the 2016 Medal of Honour for Visual Art from the South African Academy of Science and Culture at a prestigious event at the Atterbury Theater in Pretoria. Quin is exceptionally valued for her contributions to imagery and visual arts of the Eastern Cape of South Africa