1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies, hence the Arts Council of England.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Arts Council of England / Great Britain
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Festival of Britain - London Pride
London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festi...
Morley Mosaics - KEW - Annie McCall
Dr Annie McCall, born 1859. Annie founded the Clapham Maternity Hospital and ...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Heather Rabbatts
Heather Rabbatts, born 1955. Heather was a Jamaican born British lawyer, busi...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Hester Thrale
Hester Thrale, born 1741. Hester was a colourful member of London society, no...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly
Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...
Other Subjects
foundation of the Barbican Arts Centre
1971 - Construction work begins with an estimate of 6 years to completion. 1982 - Barbican opened by The Queen. Londonist have found a map that shows the Barbican overlaid on top of the old street...
1 memorial
Samuel Palmer (artist)
Landscape painter. Born Surrey Square, SE17. Little formal training. 1826 -1835 he lived in Shoreham, Kent which he painted as a pastoral paradise. Associated with William Blake and John Linnell, w...
2 memorials
Ralph Steadman
Cartoonist and illustrator. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire. Best known for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books. He had a long partnership with the American journalist Hunte...
1 memorial
Nicholas Dimbleby
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.
1 memorial
Richard Dadd
Painter. Born Chatham in Kent. Died in a lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, outside London of "an extensive disease of the lungs".
1 memorial
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William Brite
Second Lieutenant William Oswald Brite was born on 8 May 1916, the elder child of James Madison Brite (1894-1965) and Ruth Hazel Brite née Pillow (1896-1936), in Posey County, Indiana, USA. He att...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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