Allmond, Charles

Charles Allmond is a sculptor who finds inspiration in the natural world.  Primarily a direct carver in stone and wood he also produced limited editions of many of his works in bronze. His distinctive style ranges from realism to abstract.  Born in 1931, in Wilmington, Delaware, Charles is a graduate of P.S. DuPont High School and holds degrees in agriculture and agronomy from the University of Delaware and in law from Temple University.  He served in the United States Coast Guard and has worked as an agronomist, seed analyst, field man for a food processing business and manager of a crop dusting service.  He practiced law for more than 30 years and has been active in civic and cultural affairs.  He is the author of several scholarly and popular articles on agriculture, history, and law.

His sculptures have been exhibited in the United States, Canada and Sweden, where the work has received critical acclaim.  Venues have included more than 75 museums.  He is represented in public, corporate and private collections and has received regional and national honors.

Exhibitions:

Charles Allmond & Littleton Alston, Shidoni Galleries, Tesuque, NM

Birds In Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI

Finding the Joy – The Animal Sculpture of Charles Allmond, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

Charles Allmond: Through the Mind’s Eye, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, DE

Charles Allmond/Guy Coheleach: Point/Countrerpoint, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ

Art and the Animal, Society of Animal Artists Exhibitions

Natural Habitat: Contemporary Wildlife Artists of North America, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY

Wildlife Images in Sculpture, The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, Maryland

Honors:

Governor’s Award for the Arts (Delaware) 2004

University of Delaware Alumni Wall of Fame, 2007

Society of Animal Artists, Award of Excellence; Donald R. Miller Award for Interpretive Sculpture

Woodmere Art Museum, Jacques MacCuiston Dowling Prize, Ellen Lee Walker Amelia Prize

Audubon Artists, NY, Silver Medal of Honor, Cleo Hartwig Memorial Award, Art Students League of New York Award, Domenico Facci memorial Award

Salmagundi Club, Sculpture Awards

Rehoboth Art League, Louise Chambers Corkran Award, Award of Excellence

Ward World Wildlife Sculpture Competition, Best in Show

Collections:

            Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE; Morris Library, University of Delaware; Hiram Blauvelt art Museum, NJ; St. Hubert’s Giralda Museum of Animal Art, NJ; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, WI; Bank of America, DE; AstraZeneca, DE; H. R. H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C.; Newark Free Library, DE; Grace Episcopal Church, DE