Artist of the day: Artist of the Day, December 14, 2022: Douglas Abdell, an American sculptor (#1725)

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Artist of the Day, December 14, 2022: Douglas Abdell, an American sculptor (#1725)

Douglas Abdell (1947) is an American sculptor, living and working in Málaga, Spain.

Abdell was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents of Lebanese and Italian origin. In 1970 he graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture.

Abdell is predominately a sculptor and has worked with cast and welded bronze, welded steel, and carved stone. In the early eighties he had a period of painting with oil, acrylics and mixed media collage works. In the last 30 years his work has been devoted to political and social themes related to the Mediterranean Countries and their history more specifically Phoenician and Arabic with their specific symbols and languages. The materials of these works are cast bronze, carved stone and etchings. He is currently living in Málaga, Spain.

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