Detail from The World of Light, 2024.
Studio Event — Painting Unveiling on May 30, 2024
Please join us in the studio for the unveiling of The World of Light. This painting is the culmination of two decades of exploration and growth as a contemporary artist working in the tradition of the Old Masters. It explores the relationship between human and spirit, and the dissolving of the veil between them.
"From the beginning, I knew I was going to be making large-scale, multi-figure, imaginative paintings in the spirit of the Old Masters. And having seen this within myself, I set an unwavering course on cultivating the ability to do so. After considerable effort, and an enormous amount of failure - and some successes - I have realized my first painting of this nature. This was my dream."
Thursday, May 30, 2024 from 6 - 7:30pm
The Studio of Jonathan Sherman
112 Washington Street, Second Floor
Marblehead, Massachusetts
All are welcome
Permanent Installation of Great Thinkers Series at Private Social Club in Naples, FL
November 1, 2023
Jonathan Sherman’s bronze sculpture series The Great Thinkers has been installed at the newly unveiled Maddox Club in Naples, Florida. The Maddox is a members-only social club. Rebecca Maddox, owner and founder, is a patron of the arts and felt it was important to include Jonathan Sherman’s sculptures of Leondardo da Vinci, Confucius and Hypatia of Alexandria to cultivate meaningful conversation among members. The club is designed to facilitate a considered community of wine enthusiasts in the Arts District of Naples, Florida.
Hypatia of Alexandria Casting Purchased by Maddox & Partners of Naples, FL
June 17, 2022
The first casting of The Cultivation of Wisdom: A Portrait of Hypatia of Alexandria has been purchased by Maddox & Partners of Naples, Florida, and will be installed at their new members-only social club, The Maddox, in Naples, Florida.
“Great Thinkers” on Exhibit at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion in Marblehead This Summer
June 1, 2022
Florence-trained, Marblehead artist Jonathan Sherman is exhibiting three bronze portraits from his series “Great Thinkers Throughout the World and Ages” at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. The sculptures will be on view in the garden from June 16 – July 31, 2022. The Lee Mansion, one of the most important examples of Georgian architecture in the country, is a natural venue for Jonathan’s work, as they both stand for and embody the Renaissance ideals of beauty and harmony.
The Jeremiah Lee Mansion
161 Washington Street Marblehead, MA 01945
Garden open daily from sunrise to sunset.
June 16 - July 31, 2022
Jonathan Sherman Awarded 2022 MCC Grant for “Great Thinkers” Exhibit
January 11, 2022
Jonathan Sherman was awarded a grant from the Marblehead Cultural Council, a local agency of the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support the forthcoming exhibition of his “Great Thinkers” sculpture series at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion garden this summer.
First Casting of Confucius Completed
May 20, 2021
We have just received back from our foundry the first bronze casting of Confucius and he is ready to be shipped down to Naples, Florida. This sculpture is the second figure in the series Great Thinkers: Throughout the World and Ages due for installation in Naples’ Bayshore Arts District. This bust is life size and additional castings of this figure are available for purchase through the studio in bronze or plaster. The third figure in the series, Hypatia of Alexandria, is due for completion during the summer of 2021.
Handel and Haydn Society at The Studio of Jonathan Sherman
November 9, 2019
The concerts were a beautiful and overwhelming success. We wish to thank everyone who collaborated with us to make the evening a profound joy for all to experience, especially David Snead, President and CEO of H+H, the musicians, and Jean Woodward and Rose-Marie van Otterloo for their generous support.
Unveiling & Celebration for New Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
October 10, 2019
Thursday's unveiling was a wonderful success and we wish to thank everyone who celebrated with us in person and, for those who celebrated with us in spirit! We also wish to thank Bill Brotherton for his article in the Lynn Daily Item. If you'd like to learn more about the sculpture, or would like to schedule a private viewing, please contact us.
Six New Commissioned Sculptures Destined for the Arts District in Naples, Florida
April 19, 2019
The Studio of Jonathan Sherman has accepted a new commission from Maddox & Partners of Naples, Florida for six life-size bronze portrait busts titled Great Thinkers: Throughout the World and Ages.
The principal theme that will connect all of the selected figures is one of the dutiful cultivation of mind - the utilization of the faculties of thinking to transform one’s own being to levels of peace, self-possession, and the unlocking of universal knowledge. Through this process of being, one can therefore be of great use and purpose to the world in which one lives, serving and illuminating others. So far, the series’ second and third figures have been announced: Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher from 2,500 years ago whose thinking created the very pillars of Chinese culture that are still standing strong today; and Hypatia, the great mathematician, philosopher, teacher, and astronomer from ancient Alexandria c. 350-410AD. In her time she embodied feminine strength with an ease of manner earning her respect as an equal to men in her time.
