249:. When the school closed in 1974, Brink delved into three-dimensional work, taking advantage of Milwaukee's great wealth of fabricating and manufacturing plants. He became an artist in residence at Super Steel Products Corporation, and would stay there for more than 20 years. "His works seem to be influenced by the experience of growing up between two world wars in the battlegrounds of Europe. He sought mental equilibrium in torn world."
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base. It depicts "jets of water piercing and being repelled by a shield." The sculpture's stainless steel portion is approximately 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) in height, and the brick is 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 m) high. A inscription on the brass plate attached to the brick
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lyrically captures the spirit of a firefighter's commitment to the community. By creating a highly polished stainless steel sculpture of a shield and jets, which represent the water used by the firefighters and the courage they display, the artist gives the public the best in artistic imagination
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program. Many of the
Percent for Art works that have been placed outside fire stations have been met with little enthusiasm from the firefighters as the depictions of the firefighters' work are seen as overly realistic. Brink's piece is an exception. According to Diane Buck,
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Brink's work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world, including outside Lapham Hall at the
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in 1913, and worked at his uncle's stained glass studio after emigrating to
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in Paris. Shortly after, they moved to
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and emigrated to New York City with his wife Ello; he spent 1952 studying with a fellowship at the
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located on the Fire Engine
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won the 1987 City of
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base, to which a placard is affixed. The total size of the piece is approximately
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136 by 35 by 35 inches (345 cm Ă— 89 cm Ă— 89 cm).
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Outdoor
Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook
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Levy, Hannah Heidi, Famous
Wisconsin Artists and Architects, 2004.
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Guido Brink's artwork outside the Fire Engine
Company #29 of the
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225:(1931) and a three-year apprenticeship, he attended the State
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from 1934 to 1939. Here he was very inspired by the work of
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Two
Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress
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Conversations with Magic Stones (Magic Stone Three)
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374:Buck, Diane M.; Palmer, Virginia A. (1995).
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344:"Guido Peter Brink (1913–2002)"
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199:in January 1988. and was funded by a
157:is an abstract sculpture in polished
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492:Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil
16:Public artwork by Guido Peter Brink
227:Academy of Fine Arts in DĂĽsseldorf
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183:City of Milwaukee Art Commission"
1941:1988 establishments in Wisconsin
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299:"Deflected Jets, (sculpture)"
177:The Milwaukee Fire Department
672:Spanish–American War Soldier
307:. Art Inventories Catalog,
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832:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
478:Wisconsin Workers Memorial
853:Spirit of the Firefighter
602:General Douglas MacArthur
548:Walkways Through the Wall
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155:Milwaukee Fire Department
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756:You Rise Above the World
630:Midsummer Carnival Shaft
1515:Lynden Sculpture Garden
1269:Patrick Cudahy Memorial
700:Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
440:Public art in Milwaukee
348:Museum of Wisconsin Art
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1900:Overpass Light Brigade
1771:Vegetative Sculpture I
1629:Peristyle, Three Lines
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881:All in the Air at Once
742:Mother Teresa Monument
665:Pere Jacques Marquette
243:Conrad Schmitt Studios
188:Historical information
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609:The Spirit of Polonia
457:The Victorious Charge
258:Tory Folliard Gallery
1490:Vliet Street Commons
790:Celebrating the Arts
735:Dancing Through Life
520:Leif, the Discoverer
247:Layton School of Art
209:and craftsmanship."
181:Mayor Henry N. Maier
129:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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1097:Brady Street Beasts
223:Columbia University
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1027:Erastus B. Wolcott
964:Holocaust Memorial
957:Three Bronze Discs
860:Dauntless Guardian
217:Brink was born in
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562:George Washington
270:Environmental art
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1869:III Columns
1799:Bench-Stone
1778:Round About
1688:(di Suvero)
1636:Orizzontale
1594:Salem No. 7
1559:Mo, Ni, Que
1427:Magic Grove
1385:Henry Bergh
541:Bronze Fonz
485:Wind Leaves
471:The Calling
315:January 28,
311:. July 1993
149:Description
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74:Coordinates
1915:Categories
1813:Knife Tree
1750:The Source
1735:The Lovers
1685:The Lovers
1650:Ursa Major
1365:Watertower
1351:The Reaper
1297:Ribbons VI
1229:Space Game
1122:South Side
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707:Peter John
354:28 January
276:References
219:DĂĽsseldorf
54:Dimensions
1883:Pin Oak I
1855:Epicenter
1785:Lodgepole
1764:Unfolding
1714:Ritual II
1671:Double Up
1545:Sky Fence
1399:Chrysalis
1376:West Side
1344:The Sower
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1048:Near Here
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985:Sentinels
936:Polyphony
913:East Side
693:City Yard
686:Ex Stasis
231:Paul Klee
163:red brick
140:red brick
1841:Untitled
1806:Windfall
1700:Axeltree
1608:Ancestor
1580:Way Four
1448:Teamwork
1317:Untitled
811:On Watch
644:Laureate
448:Downtown
264:See also
121:American
62:Location
1757:Rainbow
1728:Olympus
1678:Upstart
1643:Embrace
1323:Quartet
1276:SOARING
1104:Connect
1055:Compass
1020:Compass
1006:Eclipse
874:Gear 23
846:Fishing
818:Pattern
679:Ruins X
569:Referee
138:atop a
123:artist
1876:Flight
1738:(Daen)
1707:Orbits
1693:Poland
1304:Bridge
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658:Trigon
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1524:Sinai
929:Float
839:Music
651:Diana
1848:Arch
1834:Kumo
1721:Hara
1566:Trio
534:Argo
384:ISBN
356:2017
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179:1988
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