Winged Figure, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Stephen Lucas De Staebler, noted Bay Area sculptor, passed away at his home in Berkeley, California, from complications from cancer on May 13, 2011, with family by his side. He was 78.
De Staebler is known for his fractured, fragmented figurative sculptures in fired clay colored with powdered oxides, and for cast bronze sculptures colored with patinas and pigments. His work focused on the suffering of humanity and the transcendence of the human spirit. “We are all wounded survivors,” he said...