About A. Thomas Schomberg

The sculpture career of A. Thomas Schomberg has spanned the last three decades of creativity in which he has described with his realistic intensity the time and environment in which he lives and the society that we are all captives of. Schomberg grew up in America's Midwest/Iowa during the 1940's and 50's.

After studying for a short time in Europe and completing an MFA (master of fine arts) degree, plus post degree work, Schomberg then moved to the east coast and taught for 4 years in a small community college. Though he received tenure, he felt compelled to relocate to Colorado and establish Schomberg studios to pursue a full time career as a professional sculptor. With him at this time, as his new wife and future agent, were Cynthia and their daughter Robin. From 1976 until the present day they have worked to pursue their goals of artist and agent.

Several years later and after countless exhibits, Schomberg established a strong client base. Numbered among these clients and collectors were blue collar workers, entrepreneurs, museum directors/curators, business people, professional athletes and movie stars, including Sylvester Stallone, who happened to acquire two of Schomberg's earlier sculptures on boxing, through an exhibit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schomberg's sculptures have become world-renowned and are exhibited and collected internationally. over the next several years, Schomberg will be engaged in producing a major collection. while continuing his love for the athletic figure, he will evolve this image into more emotional images by producing work that can be best described as his metamorphic series. His present and future "column series" is less didactic in nature and more emotional in theme and represent a more contemporary image of a current American event.

The figures, which are grouped in varying numbers on Scamozzi capitalled columns, stand approximately 8 feet in height and are moving in countless ways, from captive in the column, to almost completely three-dimensional. their emotional gestures are as varied as is their figurative movements.

Today, A. Thomas Schomberg's work can be found in the permanent collections of the national art museum of sport, Indianapolis, Indiana, Colorado springs fine art museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, the butler institute of American art, Youngstown, Ohio, the Shenyang National Gallery, Beijing, China, the United States Olympic training center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Yankee stadium, New York, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, the San Diego Hall of Champions Museum, San Diego, California.

His work, the CARYATIDS and the CATCHER are planned to be added to the permanent collection of the Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens, Myrtle Beach, and South Carolina.

Monumental sculptures by A. Thomas Schomberg include:

The statue ROCKY created for the movie "Rocky III"; on the grounds of the Philadelphia museum of art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the San Diego Hall of Champions Museum, San Diego, and California.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT...LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN created for the international amateur boxing association in memory of the American team killed in a 1980 airplane crash; the united states Olympic training center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Felix Stamm Stadium, Warsaw, Poland, and the Adare Manor, Adare, Ireland.

ATHLETES OF RACE - PRIMITIVE and ATHLETES OF RACE - MODERN, six larger than life equestrian statues; the garden state race track, cherry hill, new jersey, Due Process Farms, Colts Neck, New Jersey, Cloverleaf Farms, and Ocala, Florida.

FLO HYMAN, a memorial to the volleyball Olympian; the volleyball hall of fame, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Daiei Corporation, Osaka, Japan. the international volleyball headquarters, and Lausanne, Switzerland.

Three sculptures of a more graphic theme not related to athletics are:

The VETERANS MEMORIAL, a somber and emotional description of a fallen soldier wrapped in a tarpaulin, measuring 12 feet high; Church of the Holy Ghost, Denver, Colorado, Adare manor, Adare, Ireland, Riverside National Military Cemetery, and Riverside, California.

The ARMENIAN MEMORIAL, a 24 foot monolith that is a description of a country's tragedy; installation to be announced.

The WAR DOG MEMORIAL, an 18 foot column and relief of a soldier and dog dedicated to the war dog efforts during the Vietnam War; March Airfield Museum, Riverside, California, Sacrifice Field, Fort Benning, Georgia.