Abstract Expressionism’s Forgotten Sculptor

Herbert Ferber may not be the first name to come to mind when we think about post-World War II American sculpture, yet his work is both serious and perfectly encapsulates the period’s aspirations.

Hartford, Conn.

‘No movements. Only artists,” the art historian Eugene Goosen often said. It’s good advice. Considering painters and sculptors in groups generates invidious hierarchies—most innovative, most original—that can relegate accomplished but less than dazzling artists to the sidelines. Think of individuals rather than movements,...