Ken Kendall New Zealand, 1928-2012

Works
  • Ken Kendall, Race III
    Ken Kendall
    Race III
    Bronze
    21 x 45 cm
    2/10
  • Ken Kendall, Henry and Sophie
    Ken Kendall
    Henry and Sophie
    Bronze
    43/50
  • Ken Kendall, Paul & Lisa
    Ken Kendall
    Paul & Lisa
    Bronze
    22 x 25 x 10 & 17 x 27 x 14 cm
    Signed, Ed 4/50
  • Ken Kendall, Annie & Chris
    Ken Kendall
    Annie & Chris
    Bronze
    19 x 17 x 12 cm & 20 x 10 x 10 cm
    Illustrated: 'A Bronze Affair - Ken Kendall' p.185
    Signed 16/20
  • Ken Kendall, Joanna
    Ken Kendall
    Joanna
    Bronze
    16 x 11 cm
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Drover
    Ken Kendall
    Drover
    Bronze
    32 x 20 cm
    36 x 20 cm including plinth
    Illustrated: 'A Bronze Affair - Ken Kendall' p.239
    Signed 6/12
  • Ken Kendall, Which Toe is it?
    Ken Kendall
    Which Toe is it?
    Bronze
    22 x 13 cm
    Edition 15/20
    Illustrated: 'A Bronze Affair - Ken Kendall' p.224
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Polly Reading
    Ken Kendall
    Polly Reading
    Bronze
    17 x 12 cm
    Illustrated: 'A Bronze Affair - Ken Kendall' p.155
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Have You Heard the One About...?
    Ken Kendall
    Have You Heard the One About...?
    Bronze
    14 x 9 x 9 cm
    Unique
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, The Forester
    Ken Kendall
    The Forester
    Bronze
    41 x 20 x 14 cm
    Signed Ed. 8/12
  • Ken Kendall, Geordie and Alice
    Ken Kendall
    Geordie and Alice
    Bronze
    Geordie: 37 x 10 cm
    Alice: 35 x 8 cm
  • Ken Kendall, Jamie
    Ken Kendall
    Jamie
    Bronze
    32 x 22 cm
    Edition of 40
    Illustrated: 'A Bronze Affair - Ken Kendall' p.183
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Expanded Edition
    Ken Kendall
    Expanded Edition
    Bronze
    23 x 16 cm
    Unique 1/1
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Camera Man
    Ken Kendall
    Camera Man
    Bronze
    15 x 6 cm
    Unique
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Reclining Madonna (Sally and Sam)
    Ken Kendall
    Reclining Madonna (Sally and Sam)
    Bronze
    28 x 39 cm
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Cow
    Ken Kendall
    Cow
    Bronze
    19 x 22 cm (including base)
  • Ken Kendall, Bull
    Ken Kendall
    Bull
    Bronze
    20 x 24 cm (including base)
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Flute Player
    Ken Kendall
    Flute Player
    Bronze
    25.5 x 9.5 cm
    Signed 'Kendall'
  • Ken Kendall, Caught Behind the Wicket
    Ken Kendall
    Caught Behind the Wicket
    Bronze
    16 x 33 x 16 cm
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Charlotte
    Ken Kendall
    Charlotte
    Bronze
    40 x 35 cm
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Josh
    Ken Kendall
    Josh
    Bronze
    22 x 15 cm
    Edition 6/10
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Sheriff
    Ken Kendall
    Sheriff
    Bronze
    15 x 4 cm
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, Harmonica, 1981
    Ken Kendall
    Harmonica, 1981
    Bronze
    13 x 5 cm
    Unique
    Signed & dated 1981
  • Ken Kendall, Sportsman
    Ken Kendall
    Sportsman
    Bronze
    16 x 7 cm
    Unique
    Signed
  • Ken Kendall, "You can go but be back soon"
    Ken Kendall
    "You can go but be back soon"
    Bronze
    18 x 15.5 cm
    Signed 'K Kendall'
Biography

Ken Kendall was born and raised in New Zealand. From early childhood he was deeply interested in modelling the human figure. For some years he taught art at intermediate and high schools in his home city of Auckland. In 1970 he became a professional sculptor. In the early seventies he worked exclusively in terracotta, exhibiting extensively in New Zealand, Australia and in 1973, Washington DC. In 1978, whilst on a study trip to Europe, he turned his attention to the lost wax process of bronze casting. On his return to Auckland he set up, in close association with his Dutch wife Johanna, a studio and foundry for producing his unique and limited edition bronzes.

 

His works are in the boardrooms of many New Zealand public companies. Permanent collections in New Zealand, Australia, America, United Kingdom and Europe display ‘Kendall’ masterworks. In April 1994 Kendall exhibited a group of bronzes in London in association with the Shakespearean Globe Theatre Trust. He believed that Shakespeare had to operate a little like a modern television scriptwriter – producing plays on demand for players at the Globe, of which he was a part owner. The exhibition was in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Globe Theatre.

 

In 1997 Kendall was commissioned by the Diocesan School in Auckland to do a charming life-size bronze of a young girl for the entrance hall of the Junior School. His lovely Joanna was met with such success that he was also commissioned to sculpt a bronze work of a senior girl. In 1999 he was commissioned by the Masterton City Council to do a life-size bronze of Russian Jack for its city park. His most recent commission was a life-size bronze of the Masterton founder Joseph Masters. This stands in the main street of Masterton in the Wairarapa where Ken lived until he died on 27th February 2012.

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