Person    | Male  Born 1795  Died 3/1/1864

William Behnes

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: Ireland

William Behnes

Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of the Royal Academy. His brother Henry, also a sculptor changed his name to Burlowe to avoid the "tarnish of the name". Bankrupt he moved to 72 Charlotte Street and was found one night "in the gutter with threepence in his pocket". He was taken to Middlesex Hospital where he died.

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William Behnes

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Havelock statue

This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy ...

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Nash at Church of All Souls

{On the front face of the plinth:} John Nash, 1752 - 1835, architect. {On a...

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Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA

Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA

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Paul Raphael Montford

Paul Raphael Montford

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John Payton

John Payton

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1 memorial
William Theed, Jnr.

William Theed, Jnr.

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Irena Sedlecka

Irena Sedlecka

Born Czechoslovakia. Married the sculptor Franta Belsky in 1996.

Person, Sculpture, Czechoslovakia

1 memorial