Beaver In The Louvre

Tony Dow, best known as The Beav's big brother Wally in "Leave It to Beaver," will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre. I just wanted to post "Beaver In The Louvre", but you can read on if you like...

Several sculptors from the Karen Lynne Gallery — including Dow — will have their works shown at the historic art museum in Paris as part of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts exhibition. "Having something shown at the Louvre is about as good as you can get," said Dow (duh), "especially when it's a juried show like this where there's a panel of judges who pick the pieces to be in the exhibition. I'm a little humbled by the whole thing but grateful nonetheless."

Dow has also worked as a director and visual effects producer on several TV shows, and has been painting and sculpting since he was a teenager. The sculpture that will be shown from Dec. 11-14 is titled "Unarmed Warrior," and is (surprisingly) a bronze figure of a woman holding a shield.

"Of course, I'm really proud of 'Leave It to Beaver' and my directing career in television," said Dow. "Those are great accomplishments. I'm really proud of them, but this is interesting because I don't think they know anything about that at the Louvre."