A Good Life, MW

A Good Life, MW Life-sized Miniature Wire Dachshund Bronze Sculpture by Sculptor Joy Beckner

miniature wire bronze Dachshund sculpture by Joy Beckner

miniature bronze wire Dachshund sculpture by Joy Beckner

Available for Immediate Acquisition

Life-sized Miniature Wire (MW) 20.5”L x 5.75”H x 10.75“D, Bronze
Ed. 5 & 1 Artist’s Proof ©2018


Life-sized Standard Smooth (SS) Dachshund, 25 1/2”L x 8”H x 13”D, Bronze Ed. 20 & 2 Artist’s Proofs ©1996 - SOLD OUT

Life-sized Miniature Smooth (MS) Dachshund, 21”L x 6”H x 10 1/2“D, Bronze Ed. 20 & 2 Artist’s Proofs ©1998 - SOLD OUT

1:6 scale Smooth, 4 7/8”L x 1 3/8“H x 2 7/8“D Bronze Ed. 99 & 9 Artist’s Proofs ©1997 - SOLD OUT

1:6 scale Wire, Approx. 4 7/8”L x 1 3/8“H x 2 7/8“D Bronze Ed. 50 & 5 Artist’s Proofs ©2011

1:6 scale Long, Approx. 4 7/8”L x 1 3/8“H x 2 7/8“D Bronze Ed. 50 & 5 Artist’s Proofs ©2011

Life-sized Standard Long or Wire; Life-sized Miniature Long – By Commission

2020 - National Sculpture Society Exhibition “Fellows Invitational” 6 East 39th St., Suite 903, New York, NY.

A Good Life, MW Life-sized Miniature Wire Dachshund Bronze Sculpture by Sculptor Joy Beckner

A Good Life, MW Life-sized Miniature Wire Dachshund Bronze Sculpture by Sculptor Joy Beckner

Lord of the Couch and A Good Life
"I only have eyes for you, dear."

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and awards of all sizes of “A Good Life” Smooth Coat

National Geographic Society, Encore exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists’ 2000-2001 National Tour, Washington, DC.

Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Art of the Animal Kingdom V National Tour, Bolivar, MO, $ Permanent Collection

The Associated Artists of Southport, 21st Annual National July Exhibition, Southport, NC, Award

Society of Animal Artists, Inc., 40th Annual Members Exhibition, Award

The Library of Hattiesburg, MS • National Small Sculpture Exhibition 2000, Hattiesburg, MS, $ Permanent Collection

American Women Artists, Second National Competition, Taos, NM, Best in Show

National Sculpture Society, 66th Annual Exhibition, Silver Medal & John Cavanaugh Prize, New York, NY

Fine Arts Institute at the San Bernardino County Museum, 34th Annual Open International Exhibition, Redlands, CA, Award

National Academy Museum, 173rd Annual Exhibition, Ellin P. Speyer Prize, New York, NY

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Inc., 102nd Annual Open Exhibition, New York, NY, Award

National League of American Pen Women, 16th Annual Women’s National Juried Art Exhibition, Springdale, AK, Award

Hill Country Arts Foundation, Confluence 1998, 26th Annual National Juried Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, Ingram, TX, Award

Seaside Art Gallery, 6th International Miniature Show, Nags Head, NC, Award

The Pen & Brush, 51st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, New York, NY, Award

Art Show at the Dog Show, 11th Annual Exhibition, Wichita, KS, Best in Show, Three Awards, $ Purchased for the AKC Museum of the Dog.

Dog Fanciers Club, Inc., 10th Annual Dog Art Competition, New York, NY, Best in Show

Chambersburg Council for the Arts, 13th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, Chambersburg, PA, Award

Arts Center of the Ozarks, 3rd Annual Artists of Northwest Arkansas Fall Regional Exhibition, Springdale, AK, Award

St. Louis Artists’ Guild, 84th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Clayton, MO, Award

Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta, National Miniature Show, Atlanta, GA, Award

“Top dog! ‘A Good Life,’ a bronze by Joy Krœger Beckner of Chesterfield, MO, earned Best-in-Show and the first-place award for sculpture at the Art Show at the Dog Show. Nearly 300 artists entered 653 works in the eleventh annual show, the nation’s premier, juried, fine-arts competition devoted to canine art.” Wichita Eagle, April 1997


“Joy Krœger Beckner’s ‘Best-in-Show’ bronze dachshund (exemplifies) compositional vivacity.” Dr. Novalene Ross, Chief Curator, Wichita Art Museum. [Regarding the Art Show at the Dog Show purchase for the AKC Museum of the Dog.]


“I was especially taken with the magnificent bronze sculpture of a dachshund. Titled ‘A Good Life,’ this Best-in-Show winner will have a prominent place at the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, MO.” Ronald H. Menaker, Director of The American Kennel Club, 1997. $ Permanent Collection of the AKC Museum of the Dog!


Each "A Good Life" MW is signed, numbered and made by hand, one at a time in Colorado, USA. Each includes my mark, Joy Beckner Bronze Sculptor Enjoy!

Don Casper Photography


Dachshund Definitions - Sizes and Coats
SS: Standard Smooth
SW: Standard Wirehair
SL: Standard Longhair
MS: Miniature Smooth
MW: Miniature Wirehair
ML: Miniature Longhair
1:6 Scale: Fits in a hand
Pieces may be commissioned in Smooth, Wire or Long coat.