Gert Olsen
Sculptor
Gert Olsen was born and educated in Denmark. He immigrated to Canada in 1956 then to the United States in 1962 where he gained citizenship. He has been a resident of Jupiter, Florida since 1984.
Gert started his career as woodcarver which expanded into church carving. He transitioned to stone in the late 70s. He became familiar with marble by first hand observation in Pietrasanta, Italy, home of the famous Cararra marble. These numerous trips to Italy resulted in importation of tons of Italian and other European marble for carving at his Jupiter studio. He also works in domestic marble (including marble from the Yule Mine in Marble, Colorado) and Indiana limestone.
He works with the natural texture and color of the stone to create representative sculpture of animals and human forms and to develop abstract shapes. The sculptures range from tabletop to monumental in size for indoor and out door display.
One of his commissions is a larger-than-life bear family which was at the former Naples Bear Museum, now displayed at the Birthing Center in Naples, Florida. Saugatuck, Michigan City Parks show two of his sculptures in their permanent collection. His work is also on permanent display in Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach, FL; Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Vienna, VA; and in Charlottesville, VA.
He has done private and corporate commissions. Gert has shown his work all over the United States at major art shows and has had work shown in galleries in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Illinois and Florida. He has work in art collections in England, Switzerland, France, Germany, Japan, and his native Denmark. He has participated in public exhibitions in “Art Round Town” in Saugatuck, MI and “Art in Place” in Charlottesville, VA.
Gert continues to expand his gallery and sculpture garden at his studio in Jupiter Farms.
