Herb Mignery

Herb Mignery biography:

Mignery attended Wayne State College from 1955-1959 and was an Army illustrator from 1961-1963. It was on that day in 1963, when he left the Army that he decided not to return to ranching but rather enter the art world.  Mignery put to use the drawing skills he developed during his off hours on the ranch when he became an illustrator in the Army, which in turn qualified him for positions in the commercial art world.  After several years of intensive work, he left the security of a paycheck and plunged into the world of fine art, devoting himself to portraying the ranch life he knew so well.

Mignery has worked in a variety of mediums, but in 1973, just 10 years after returning to civilian life, he cast his first bronze.  He decided then sculpture would be his first field, and bronze his medium.  Since that time he has executed numerous small works and monuments that are in both public and private collections across the nation.

His subjects often depict the difficult lives the people of the West have led.  The figures have a certain elegance and sense of classical composure in spite of the fact they are not idealized.  Farmers and ranchers have large, rough hands that have seen many hours of labor, and weathered but friendly faces.  Details tell us about the subjects, their profession, and their lives, so each sculpture completes a piece of the story of life in the West.

Mignery is a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, and was a founding member of Cowboy Cartoonists International.  Among his commissions are sculptures for the Academy of Country Music, American Express, U.S. West, Nebraska Historical Society, the City of Estes Park, Adams Mark Hotel, Leanin’ Tree Museum, Mid-America Boy Scout Council, and Charles Schwab Companies.  His work has been exhibited in numerous museum collections and at the 2002 Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage show.

Available sculpture:

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“Tack Room Bandit”
Herb Mignery
Bronze #7/15
10″ H x 10″ L x 7 1/2″ W
SOLD

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