Person    | Female  Born 1960 

Louise Simson

Categories: Sculpture

London-based sculptor. When she won the competition to make the Alleyn statue the Dulwich Society provided a short biography. Born London. 1986-90 worked in film, television and theatre. “... her continuing passion in her sculptures is the portrayal of movement.”

In 2011 the New York Times reported that "For most of a decade, the Wimbledon men’s champions and runners-up have received large bronze sculptures created from pictures taken of them in action during their finals."  At the time Simson was living and working in Peckham.

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Louise Simson

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Edward Alleyn statue

This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...

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Richard Michael Renshaw

Richard Michael Renshaw

Richard Michael Renshaw was born in May 1950 in Holderness, Yorkshire, the second of the three children of Jack Newlove Renshaw (1920-1987) and Helen Rhead Renshaw née Moser (1917-2005). His birth ...

Person, Sculpture, Wales

1 memorial
William Mitchell

William Mitchell

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Person, Sculpture

4 memorials
Charles Rossi

Charles Rossi

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Person, Sculpture, Italy

2 memorials
Faith Winter

Faith Winter

Faith Weamy Beatrice Ashe was born in August 1927. Electoral registers from 1949 to 1954 list her living at Keston Cottage, The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey. Also on the registers at this a...

Person, Sculpture

3 memorials
A. Elfes and Sons

A. Elfes and Sons

Sculptors active 1920.

Group, Sculpture

1 memorial