Sculptor. He spent his early years in East Germany, where his father was serving in the army. Returning to Russia, he worked at the Hermitage museum. He was exiled in 1971 for failing to conform to Socialist Realism norms and settled in France. His work often features the 'surreal grotesque'.
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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Mihail Chemiakin
Statue unveiled by Prince Michael of Kent, as Patron of the Peter the Great T...
He was a Member of the Royal Academy. The picture is a self-portrait. Much information about this sculptor can be found on his Wikipedia page, on the Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculptur...
Other work in London includes "Seated Girl", 1990 in Golders Hill Park.
Sculptor. Born in Kentish Town to father Horace. Other works in London: Battersea Town Hall (1892) and the panel on the King Charles Street bridge on Whitehall. Other websites refer to Montford's 1...
Sculptor. Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Studied in America and Europe. Very successful as a monumental sculptor and...
Brought to our attention by John Arnold who believes the building was the Medical Superintendent's house.
Wacy 2000 stands for 'World Association for Celebrating Year 2000'. It was founded by John Goodman, a children’s entertainer based in Golders Green. The Montreal Gazette of 19 March 1970 intervi...
Antiquarian, lawyer, politician and writer. His name was also spelt Lambarde. Born London, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn, wrote the 'Perambulation of Kent', (the first English county history) and...
The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Osborne.
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