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Michael Black

Categories: Sculpture

Michael Black

Sculptor, based in Oxford active around 1971 - 85.

2023: We were sorry to receive this from Tiffany Black, Michael's daughter: "I am writing to let you know that Michael Black who sculpted the Crutched Friars, died in 2019. He also has other works in public collections in London; bust of Alexander Douglas-Home in the Parliamentary Art Collection, and a bust of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell in the National Portrait Gallery."

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Michael Black

Creations i

Crutched Friars

Red granite and off-white marble with some bronze. Close examination of this...

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Paul Reuter bust

This style of bust, called a herm bust, originated in ancient Greece. Oddly, ...

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Other Subjects

Sylvia Gilley

Sylvia Gilley

Sculptor.  Gilley was a studio assistant to Frank Dobson 1930-1939. The image is a self-portrait from 1936.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Giovanni Fontana

Giovanni Fontana

Born Italy.  Based in London and naturalized British by 1871.

Person, Sculpture, Italy

1 memorial
Flor Kent

Flor Kent

Sculptor. Saving Humans records "Kindertransport memorials by Kent at Liverpool Street Station, Westbahnhof (Vienna, 2008), The Holocaust Centre (Beth Shalom), as well as one at Hlavni Nádraži stat...

Person, Sculpture, Venezuela

1 memorial
Farmer & Brindley

Farmer & Brindley

Firm of sculptors. Founded by William Farmer (1825-1879) and William Brindley. Worked on many buildings including the Natural History Museum, the Albert Memorial and Holborn Viaduct. In 1929 the fi...

Group, Sculpture

4 memorials
Skylon

Skylon

The picture source is the website for a group campaigning to rebuild the Skylon. "In 1951, London's skyline was transformed, as part of the Festival of Britain, by the erection of one of the most s...

Building, Sculpture

1 memorial