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Items of Interest about Frederick W. Rigley

Fred, like many artists, collects beautiful and interesting things. He has pottery, paintings by friends and colleagues and lots of cars...mostly 1:24 scale die cast classics. He has a 1913 Duesenberg, a current Lamborghini and a number of interesting models in between.

Frederick Rigley viewing his 1:8 scale model of a 1886 steam powered Motor-wagon by Benz

Fred has traveled quite a lot on the east coast of the United States and has lived in Massachusetts and Florida. Much of his work is based on these locations. While he was a student at Ringling School of Art in Florida, Fred not only painted but even tried his hand at sculpting. He has sculptures done at that time. He cast them in plaster because bronze was too expensive to experiment with.

Sculpture of Women by Frederick Rigley

Mr. Rigley has been a member of The Hoosier Salon since 1954, and has won 5 Hoosier Salon Merit Awards. In 2004 He was given special recognition for having had works chosen for 27 Annual Exhibitions spanning over 50 years.

Mr. Rigley was also awarded the first Indiana Heritage Arts Lifetime Achievement award at the 20th Indiana Heritage Arts show.

Certificate of Recognition from The Hoosier Salon Patrons Association.

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Sources of information: From interviews with Frederick W. Rigley

All artwork is protected by copyright of the artist.

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