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Ursula von Rydingsvard

1942–2026

Polish-American sculptor known for monumental cedar-beam sculptures evoking natural forms, who died at 84.

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Ursula von Rydingsvard was a Polish-American sculptor celebrated for monumental works built from four-by-four cedar beams. Her towering sculptures evoked cave walls, frozen waves, seashells and the folds of a giant's brain, and she became one of the most respected sculptors of her generation, with works in major museum collections worldwide.

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