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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

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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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Henry Charles Fehr

Henry Charles Fehr

Sculptor.  Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin.  Died London.  Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...

Person, Sculpture

13 memorials
Jonathan Wylder

Jonathan Wylder

Sculptor. Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. originally a painter, he turned to sculpture in his thirties. His subjects include Mother Theresa of Calcutta.  His own website.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Emily Young

Emily Young

Sculptor. Born London, grand-daughter of Kathleen Scott. Possibly the inspiration for the song 'See Emily Play', written by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett. Her most visible work in London is the series o...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Love

Love

Created the tympanum at St Giles Church in 1800.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial

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Red Hall Picture Palace

Red Hall Picture Palace

Cinema designed by H. George Leslie. The entrance facade was dominated by a figure of Mercury perched on top of a windmill-shaped tower. In May 1950 it was re-named the Gaumont. After the final fil...

Place, Cinema

1 memorial
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount

William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount

Born New York City into an extremely wealthy family.  Lived in Rome in his mid-thirties where he developed a life-long taste for the arts.  On his father’s death in 1890 he built the luxury Waldorf...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy, Property, Italy, USA

1 memorial