Famous portrait sculptors?

Question

i am doing a project but cant find any real information about portrait sculptors.

i would like to find someone that i can do a sculpture of myself in his or her style.

Answer 1

Super/Hyper realists - Duane Hanson, Ron Mueck

Contemporary artists working with the human figure - Antony Gormley, Marc Quinn,

20th century - Picasso, Degas, Henry Moore, George Segal

Classical - Michelangelo, Donatello,  Rodin

These are just a few that i thought of quickly as i write and span many time and stylistic periods. A quick google should give you some images, hope you find something you like :-)

Answer 2

That's quite a difficult project. Why don't you make a sculpture in an easily copyable style such as that used by Dada artists.  Read  a little about the subject at http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts...

Look at head by  Sophie Taeuber-Arp. (Swiss, made 1889-1943). Dada Head (1920) http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_re...

She made it from wood, but you could use plaster or any material. Note that her forms (and that of many Dada artists, also Picasso) was inspired by Oceanic and Northwest Coast Indian artifacts.