Bronze Sculptures, Figurines | Willamette Valley Awards

Barry Stein Bronze Sculptures

Inspired by an intense love of nature, self-taught Oregon artist Barry Stein spends hours in the wild researching the wildlife and their surroundings that come to life in his world-renown bronze sculptures. Currently, Barry’s work can be found in prestigious collections throughout the world, and are presently on display in The Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City, The New York Hilton Hotel, New York Essex House, Hyatt Regency, The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, the Hilton Hotel in Honolulu, and galleries in many states throughout the U.S. as well as galleries in England, France and Germany. Barry’s wildlife sculptures have been presented as gifts by our government’s executive branch to foreign heads of state.

Barry Stein’s bronze comes in a variety of different sculptures. If you are looking for frogs, please visit the Bronze Frogs page.

Barry Stein’s bronze include Warriors and Heroes such as The Last Samurai. The Last Samurai is a symbol of the legacy of the samurai. Over time, the samurai were ordered to change their way due to the inclusion of western-style governing. The decline was due to Emperor Meiji’s abolishment of the samurai’s right to be the only armed force in favor of a more modern, western-style, conscripted army in 1873. Samurai became Shizoku (士族) who retained some of their salaries, but the right to wear a katana in public was eventually abolished along with the right to execute commoners who paid them disrespect. The samurai finally came to an end after hundreds of years of enjoyment of their status, their powers, and their ability to shape the government of Japan.

Another hero of Barry Stein’s collection is King Leonidas. Leonidas was a hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta, who was believed in mythology to be a descendant of Hercules, possessing much of the latter’s strength and bravery. He is notable for his leadership at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian King Xerxes I and his army.

There are variety of different animal sculptures: Bear Terrain, Maximus, In Living Color, Morning Catch, Nature’s Bounty, Conflict of the Vanities, Call of the Wild, Royal Conflict, The Watering Hole, High Plains Drifter, Lord of the Forest, The Fishing Hole, Little Big Horn, Cougar, The Stalker, October’s Dream, White Tail Deer, Ascending Thunder, Tatanka Buffalo, Thunderhead Pentagon Buffalo.