A. Thomas Schomberg is a sculptor whose sculpture career has spanned over the last five decades of creativity in which he has described - with his realistic intensity - the time and environment in which he lives and the society in which we are all captives.
A Thomas Schomberg grew up in Iowa during the late 1940’s and 50’s. After completing his formal public education, he taught for a short time in Omaha, NE. Upon completing MA and MFA degrees, as well as studying in Europe, Schomberg moved to the east coast and taught a short time in a progressive community college. Although he received tenure, he felt compelled to relocate to Colorado in 1975 and established Schomberg Studios with his wife, Cynthia, who is also his agent.
Today, Schomberg’s sculptures have become world-renowned and are exhibited and collected internationally. Numbered among his early collectors was Sylvester Stallone , who later went on to commission Schomberg to create what was to become the iconic Rocky Balboa statue for the movie, Rocky III . Three 2-ton, 10-foot statues were cast. One has been permanently installed at the base of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
His daughter Robin manages the Rocky Statue reproduction line. [1]
Today, A. Thomas Schomberg’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, Indiana; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; the Shenyang National Gallery, Beijing, China; the United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; the International Volleyball Headquarters, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California; March Airforce Base Museum, Riverside, California; Yankee Stadium, New York, New York; the Astrodome, Houston, Texas; the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana; the new Olympic Center, Warsaw, Poland; The National Museum of the Marine Corp, Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia, the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrell’s Inlet, South Carolina, as well as many other public and private locations.
From 2001 to 2021, Schomberg created a major series of work, which is comprised of a number of figurative columns capturing poignant “vignettes of emotion” from the tragic events of 9/11. Throughout those 20 years, while creating THE 9/11 SERIES, Schomberg also continued to create a number of monumental – both athletic and memorial - sculptures.
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