Background
Lindsay Daen was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1923 of Australian parents.
Lindsay Daen was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1923 of Australian parents.
From 1945 to 1948 Daen studied at East Sydney Technical School and the School of Arts in Adelaide, South Australia, where he concentrated in sculpture.
Daen created landmark sculptures in Puerto Rico, Australia and the United States. He arrived in Australia aged six months. At age 16 he became a Sydney newspaper reporter.
During World World War II he served in the Australian Army.
His early ceramic sculptures were influenced by the aboriginal drawings and Melanesian carvings exhibited at the Sydney Art Museum. At the age of 25, he was elected into the Royal Art Society in Sydney.
In 1953, Daen moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and settled into the French Quarter. There his career flourished with shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
Following the exhibition of his work at the Whitney, he accepted an invitation by the Puerto Rican Government in 1955 to bring the first major show of sculpture to the island.
Foreign the next 40 years, he resided in Old San Juan. He cast primarily in bronze at Codina Art Foundry in Madrid. include Louisiana Rogativa (San Juan), The Journeyer (Philadelphia), Queen Adelaide (Adelaide), and Jemmy Morril and the Brolgas (Brisbane). His late works and installations are located in prominent public spaces and include Juan Bobo and the Basket, Joven con Pajaros (both located in San Juan) and The Lovers installed in the main plaza in the town of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
He was a member of the Royal Art Society in Sydney, whose art work was exhibited worldwide.