Nick Engelbert’s Grandview

23Jul07

Today’s visual treat is a photograph that I took at Nick Engelbert’s Grandview in Hollandale, Wisconsin.In the 1930s, self-taught artist and dairy farmer Nick Engelbert began working on his sculpture garden. His wife Katherine added to his artworks by creating garden beds around each of the sculptures. Engelbert started his creations as wooden-and-wire mesh armatures, which he then embellished with mosaics of glass, shells, and found materials. Engelbert’s subject matter ranged from fairy tales to patriotic motifs.Englebert passed away in 1962, leaving a beautiful landscape of 40 sculptures behind. On its own, the property began to slowly decay and in some cases, vandalism came into play. Fortunately, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center bought the property and began restoring it. There is now an educational program for Grandview as well.

 

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