Person    | Male  Born 25/7/1931  Died 26/3/2022

James Butler RA

Categories: Sculpture

One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly, his stevedore father built his childhood home in West Malling, Kent. Appointed MBE in 2009.

Our information comes from the Guardian obituary.

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James Butler RA

Creations i

Earl Alexander of Tunis

{On the front of the plinth:} Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis, 1891...

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Fleet Air Arm

This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...

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James Greathead statue

Note that part of the Greathead shield used in digging the tunnels at Bank St...

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Skipping Katie

The inspiration for the statue was the sculptor's daughter Kate skipping in t...

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Wilkes

The Wilkes squint has been faithfully reproduced in the statue.

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Other Subjects

Earnest George Gillick

Earnest George Gillick

Also responsible for, among others, the Scott Monument in Edinburgh, the Cenotaph in central Glasgow, figures on Marble Arch.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Aimé-Jules Dalou

Aimé-Jules Dalou

Sculptor. Born and died in Paris. Fervent supporter of the Paris Commune. When this was suppressed he escaped to London in July 1871, and only returned to Paris in 1880 when pardoned in the general...

Person, Sculpture, France

1 memorial
Michael Rysbrack

Michael Rysbrack

Also known as John Michael or Johannes Michel or Jan Michiel Rysbrach or Rijsbrack. Born Antwerp (which probably explains the confusion). Sculptor of busts and funerary monuments of many prominent...

Person, Sculpture, Belgium

4 memorials
Richard Claude Belt

Richard Claude Belt

Sculptor. Born Westminster. At Mapping Sculpture we learnt that Belt was twice caught up in significant court cases, one of which had the Byron statue at its centre. Belt's former employer, Charles...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Giuseppe Grandi

Giuseppe Grandi

Sculptor from Milan.

Person, Sculpture, Italy

1 memorial