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Jasper D'Ambrosi

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1926-1985

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  1. Portrait of a Cowboy by Jasper D'Ambrosi, Image 1.

    Jasper D'Ambrosi

    Portrait of a Cowboy, 1980

    Bronze

    23 x 10 x 15 cm

    US$2,000

Jasper D'Ambrosi, son of Italian immigrants, was born and raised in Wilmington, California. He attended University of Southern California on a football scholarship where he studied painting and graduated cum laude. Out of college, D'Ambrosi worked nine years in the art department of Douglas Aircraft, after which he founded and operated his own printing and design business while painting and sculpting part-time. In 1970, he sold his business to become a full-time artist.

D'Ambrosi is best known for his monumental public sculptures including 'The Fallen Warrior', a companion piece to Arizona's Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, which stands outside the state capital. Other well-known pieces include "El Capitan", a life-size longhorn which is located in downtown Dodge City, Kansas and "Buffalo Jone-Visionary", another life-size monument in Garden City, Kansas.

On 1 August 1986, D'Ambrosi died after a brief illness. Shortly afterwards, his work 'Jacob's Ladder', a 20-foot-high (6.1 m) sculpture for the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial was unveiled at Los Angeles Harbor in San Pedro, California.