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| 2008-11-11 |
| LOS ANGELES – Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell. Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed The Beav's big brother, Wally, in the '50s TV series "Leave It to Beaver," will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre. Several sculptors from the Karen Lynne Gallery — including Dow — will have their works shown at the historic art museum in Paris as part of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts exhibition. "Having something shown at the Louvre is about as good as you can get," said Dow, who lives in Los Angeles, "especially when it's a juried show like this where there's a panel of judges who pick the pieces to be in the exhibition. I'm a little humbled by the whole thing but grateful nonetheless." Dow, who has also worked as a director and visual effects producer on several TV shows, has been painting and sculpting since he was a teenager. The 63-year-old artist's sculpture that will be shown at the Louvre from Dec. 11 to Dec. 14 is titled "Unarmed Warrior," and is a bronze figure of a woman holding a shield. "Of course, I'm really proud of 'Leave It to Beaver' and my directing career in television," said Dow. "Those are great accomplishments. I'm really proud of them, but this is interesting because I don't think they know anything about that at the Louvre." |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Whoa, this artic got me wondering now about DOBIE GILLIS and many other TV Teens from the late 1950's thru late 1960's, + HIGH CHAPARRAL, BIG VALLEY, LANCER, MEDICAL CENTER, THIS IS "THE THE FBI", CHIPS, ETC. D *** NG IT, its "a Quinn Martin Production" "starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-11 19:11 |
| #2 Picture of the sculpture at the link. It's not Piss Christ or Chocolate Jesus but it's pretty good. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-11 16:53 |
| #1 I met Tony Dow once, a fine artist and a real gentleman. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-11-11 16:51 |