{{Short description|Belgian sculptor (1922–2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} thumb|Portrait of Pol Bury '''Pol Bury''' (26 April 1922 – 28 September 2005) was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/20/NS4MTFVTS.DTL&hw=&sn=015&sc=915|title=San Francisco rooftop gardens, for fresh air or a brown-bag lunch|last=Todd|first=Gail|date=2007-12-20|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2009-01-19}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 1999, Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, California, in cooperation with Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, exhibited ''Pol Bury: Fountains and Other Intriguing Works''. This exhibition was part of the Absolut-L.A. International Biennial Art Invitational, which was also known as the L.A. International. The exhibition received a favorable review by critic David Pagel from the ''Los Angeles Times.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pagel |first=David |date=1999-08-27 |title=These Trippy Sculptures Explore the Low-Tech Possibilities |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-27-ca-4049-story.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
His work was included in a 2008 auction at Christie's, the lot said to be the first of its kind in this kind of work.<ref name="chr">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/arts/design/13anti.html?pagewanted=print|title=Making Wood Furniture, Early American Style |last=Moonan|first=Wendy|date=2008-06-13|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref> Among other locations, Bury's work is included in the Chelsea Art Museum's permanent collection. <ref name="cmo">{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26650738_ITM|title=Chelsea Museum Opens|last=Rubenstein|first=Raphael|date=2002-11-01|work=Art in America|publisher=Brant Publications, Inc. |accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref>
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