Winston Bronnum

{{Short description|Canadian artist and sculptor (1929-1991)}}

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| name = Winston Atwood Bronnum

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| image = Winston Bronnum and his "World's Largest Lobster" sculpture.jpg

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| caption = Winston Bronnum with his The World's Largest Lobster sculpture

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|03|21}}

| birth_place = New Denmark, New Brunswick

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|09|10|1929|03|21}}

| death_place = Sussex, New Brunswick

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| nationality = Canadian

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| notable_works = The World's Largest Lobster, Jumbo the Elephant

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Winston Bronnum (1929-1991) was a self-taught Dano-Canadian nature artist, sculptor and entrepreneur known for his large concrete animal sculptures which adorn Canadian roadsides. He founded and operated the defunct Animaland Park which showcased a number of his works and served as his workshop. He worked on bridges and hydro dams early on which helped when designing and building the structures.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigthings.ca/artists/bronnum.html|title=Winston Bronnum|last=dayan|website=www.bigthings.ca|access-date=2016-11-25}} His family name was originally spelled Brønnum.

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Notable works

  • The Cow Bay Moose, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, 1959{{cite book|last1=Day|first1=photographs by Henri Robideau ; text by Peter|title=From the Pacific to the Atlantic : Canada's gigantic|date=1988|publisher=Summerhill Press|location=Toronto|isbn=0920197450}}{{cite web|title=Winston Atwood Bronnum (? - 1991)|url=http://www.bigthings.ca/artists/bronnum.html|website=Big Things|accessdate=3 July 2014}}
  • Gladstone Horse, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1967
  • Broken Down Race Horse (Blowhard), Penobsquis, New Brunswick, 1967
  • Big Potato Man, Maugerville, New Brunswick, 1969
  • Jumbo the Elephant, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1985{{cite web|title=St. Thomas' Jumbo the Elephant|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/lifestyle/travel/supersized-sights-of-canada/st-thomas-jumbo-the-elephant.html|website=CBC Archives|accessdate=3 July 2014}}
  • The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick, 1990{{cite web|title=Shediac's Lobster and Fisherman|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/lifestyle/travel/supersized-sights-of-canada/shediacs-lobster-and-fisherman.html|website=CBC Digital Archives|accessdate=3 July 2014}}

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