Artist: Pol Bury (1922 - )
Nationality: Belgian
Movement: Kinetic Art
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Pol Bury began his artistic career as a painter, working in the Jeune Peintre Belge group and the Cobra group. In 1953, he took up sculpture and was one of the leading artists of the Kinetic sculpture movement. Four years later, Bury was incorporating electric motors into his sculptures. Later, he worked as a filmmaker and stage designer.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (21)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Priscilla Susan Bury (Mrs. Edward Bury ) and Robert Havell Title: Spider Lily Date:
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Georg Pencz To bury the dead Engraving 16th century
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Stuart D. McKee Preparing to Bury a Memory Color lithograph on Arches Satine paper 1984
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Woman’s Dress, Irene Bury (United States)  (Designer), 1937, Rayon crepe
Museum of Fine Arts -
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 Enterrar y callar. (Bury them and keep quiet);
Museum of Fine Arts -
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 Enterrar y callar. (Bury them and keep quiet);
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Giulio Sanuto Venus and Adonis, after Titian Engraving 1559
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Sybil Andrews Coffee Bar color linoleum cut 1952
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Giulio Sanuto Apollo and Marsyas, plate III from a triptych after a painting attributed to Correggio Engraving 1562
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Giulio Sanuto Apollo and Marsyas, plate I from a triptych after a painting attributed to Correggio Engraving late 16th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Cloisters Cross, 12th century EnglishWalrus ivory; 22 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (57.5 x
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Jeune homme nu, étude pour une statue (16e siècle) by SALVIATI Francesco ; BUONARROTI Michelangelo (inspiré par)
Museum of Fine Arts -
Mark of WC in a clipped rectangle, English Two-handled cup and cover drinking vessel England,
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Francisco JosÈ de Goya y Lucientes Enterrar y callar (Bury Them and Keep Quiet), pl. 18 from the series Los desastres de la guerra (The Disasters of War) Etching,burnished aquatint, drypoint, and burin circa 1810 - 1820
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L'abbé Lux, prêtre missionnaire (1851) by CARPEAUX Jean-Baptiste
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Architectural salt England, (London), about 1610 Silver H. 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); W. 11.4
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Henri IV Roy de France et de Navarre (titre inscrit) (1765) by CHENU Pierre (graveur, éditeur) ; SAINT-AUBIN Gabriel de (d'après, dessinateur) ; POURBUS Frans II (d'après)
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Henri IV Roy de France et de Navarre ; Gravure (1765) by CHENU Pierre (graveur, éditeur) ; SAINT-AUBIN Gabriel de (d'après, dessinateur) ; POURBUS Frans II (d'après)
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Homme nu assis, appuyé sur ses mains, tourné vers la gauche (1793) by ALLORI Agnolo
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Ludolf Bakhuysen, Dutch, 1631-1708 View across the River Y toward Amsterdam Oil on canvas 42.2
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Jeune homme nu assis, jouant de la flûte de Pan, et étude d'un genou (1793) by ALLORI Agnolo

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (8)
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Experimental Art Foundation: HETEROGENEOUS LOVES: Work by 8 artists from Canada, the UK and USA
Artists included in the exhibiton are:
Jose Alexander Hidalgo
Don Bury
Kevin Francis Gray
Karolyn Hatton
Robert Harper Jones
Eva Rothschild
Stewart R. Simons
Clare Woods...
Manchester Academy of Fine Art: Call for Submissions: 141st Annual Open Exhibition
Submissions are now being requested for the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts 141st Open Exhibition to be staged in Bury, Greater Manchester, U.K. 18 March – 6 May 2000. Entry forms available if applicants send a C5 stamped addressed envelope to...
Royal Academy of the Arts: 233rd SUMMER EXHIBITION 2001
As usual, there will also be a room displaying prints and drawings by both Academicians and other artists. Sculpture will also feature greatly in the exhibition, with works displayed amongst the paintings within each of the categories. In addit...
Colville Place Gallery: Marty St James: Betweeness
A number of my previous performance and video art works were to do with a sense of staticness and in contrast my static image print works are often to do with movement. This allows me an artistic freedom within the form and content. Marty St....
Inspire Fine Art: Taken by Storm: Art of Storm Thorgerson
Creating visually beautiful and thought-provoking art, Storm’s work has featured on a variety of single and album covers and collected in books including “Eye of the Storm”, “Mind over Matter” and “Walk Away Renee”. Storm’s distinctive style has ...
Studio Voltaire: JUNCTURE: Cape Town/London
JUNCTURE highlights the exhibition as a meeting place/crossroads of cultural expression at a particular point in time. In keeping with this theme the exhibition will span two continents, showing in both Cape Town (The Granary) and London (Studio V...
Hayward Gallery: Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations and films made by artists from the 1920s to the early 1980s have been brought together by the exhibition’s curator Guy Brett. Among the seminal works in the show are Calder’s early mobiles, D...
Aldo Castillo Gallery: St. Croix Artist John F. McCarthy to Be Exhibited
According to the artist’s website, these works represent the beginnings of his action-impact and drip paintings series inspired by the late Wyoming-born abstract expressionist Jackson Pollack, known in non-art circles as “Jack The Dripper.” ...

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