"not establishment recognition. Banksy made a reputation with street graffiti and is now a highly valued mainstream artist. Antony Gormley produces sculptures, mostly in metal and based on the human figure, which include the 20 metres (66 ft) high ""Angel of the North"" near Gateshead, one of the first of a number of very large public sculptures produced in the 2000s, ""Another Place"", and ""Event Horizon"". The Indian-born sculptor Anish Kapoor has public works around the world, including ""Cloud Gate"" in Chicago and ""Sky Mirror"" in various locations; like much of his work these use curved mirror-like steel surfaces. The"
"Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, (born 30 August 1950), is a British sculptor. His best known works include the ""Angel of the North"", a public sculpture in Gateshead in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, ""Another Place"" on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and ""Event Horizon"", a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, around Madison Square in New York City, in 2010, in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2012, and in Hong Kong in 2015–16. In 2008 ""The Daily Telegraph"" ranked Gormley number 4 in their list of the ""100 most"
"North"", set at Christie's, London, on 14 October 2011. Gormley's website includes images of nearly all of his works up to 2012. The most notable include: Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, (born 30 August 1950), is a British sculptor. His best known works include the ""Angel of the North"", a public sculpture in Gateshead in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, ""Another Place"" on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and ""Event Horizon"", a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, around Madison Square in New York City, in 2010, in São"
"John Angel (sculptor) John Angel (November 1, 1881 – October 16, 1960) was a British-born sculptor, architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor, medallist and lecturer. He emigrated to the United States where he created architectural sculpture. His work in the United Kingdom and the United States has been critically praised. He was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, the son of a tailor, and one of ten children. He entered a seven-year apprenticeship to a wood carver at the age of 14 years. His work in the United Kingdom includes the Exeter War Memorial and the Bridgwater War Memorial also known as"
"by Henry S. Angel in 1981. Elizabeth Day Seymour's papers are with her family's 51 linear feet on deposit at the Yale University Library. John Angel (sculptor) John Angel (November 1, 1881 – October 16, 1960) was a British-born sculptor, architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor, medallist and lecturer. He emigrated to the United States where he created architectural sculpture. His work in the United Kingdom and the United States has been critically praised. He was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, the son of a tailor, and one of ten children. He entered a seven-year apprenticeship to a wood carver at"
"twice the height of the Angel of the North, which stands at . It was designed to look like an exploding firework and was taller and leaned at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was commissioned by New East Manchester Limited to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The design was selected by a panel consisting of both local residents and art experts via a competition in 2002 and was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. The sculpture was constructed in Sheffield by Thomas Heatherwick Studio, Packman Lucas, Flint and Neill and Westbury Structures. It was approved at the"
"until funds could be raised for its safe reinstatement. The report recognised the sculpture's aesthetic value for Manchester and Manchester City Council committed itself to working with the artist to reach a long-term solution. One possibility involved the replacement of the steel spikes with alternatives made from carbon fibre, although the report underlined the necessity for extensive testing. In January 2009, Antony Gormley, creator of the ""Angel of the North""—to which ""B of the Bang"" is often compared—spoke out in support of the sculpture, stating that, ""It is a great tribute to Manchester that this ground-breaking work was commissioned. To"
"depicts the young artist in place of the fallen soldier, his body pierced by paintbrushes. Angel of Victory The Angel of Victory (French: "" L'Ange de la Victoire"") is a statue crafted by London-born sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy (1881–1979), installed in Montreal's Windsor Station, in Quebec, Canada. It was commissioned in 1922 in memory of the 1,116 Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) employees who died in World War I. Copies of the statue were also installed at CPR stations in Vancouver and Winnipeg, Canada. The bronze, seven foot tall statue shows a fallen soldier being carried up to heaven by"
"maintain current public art in the area. The money was secured following the construction of the Blue Planet eco-warehouse built by construction firm Glazeley further along the Chatterley Valley, in the neighbouring borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stoke-on-Trent city council put the project out to tender in February 2011 and a number of designs were put forward. The 69 ft (21m) sculpture is made from COR-TEN Steel, the same material as the ""Angel of the North"" and was fabricated in Nottingham. The tapered lozenge design, shaped to evoke a solitary flame such as lit the Chatterley Valley during the heyday of the"
"will be visible from the nearby A74(M) motorway. Instead of using road signs, the surrounding landscape is to be used as a way to recognise it and to turn crossing the border into a memorable experience. It will also not be far from the River Sark. Estimates of the height of the sculpture range from to projected to be twice the size of the ""Angel of the North"". The design is meant to pay homage to innovation within Scotland and be inspired by inventors and innovators, in particular prominent Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who was famous for his work"
"towards the western end, with his wife Margaret Irving. The red sandstone celtic cross is eroding but has a fine profile head of Burnett, sculpted by John Stevenson Rhind. Thomas Stuart Burnett Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA (4 July 1853 – 8 March 1888) was a Scottish sculptor in the 19th century. His two principal claims to fame is as one of the chosen sculptors of the figures depicting characters from the novels of Sir Walter Scott on the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh and for the famous sculpture of Robinson Crusoe at Alexander Selkirk’s birthplace of Lower Largo"
"the sculpture was planned as a counterpart to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North in Gateshead (with a stipulation that it be at least twice as wide and high, and visible from 20 miles away), and to mark one of six main ""gateways"" to London, hence the informal name Angel of the South being adopted early on for the formally named Ebbsfleet Landmark Project Ltd. The sculpture was planned to be made from concrete laid over a steel primary and secondary inner frame and supported by deep concrete foundations. At 33 times life size, it would have measured vertically from"
"of willow coffins. Another use of willow has been found by the Coate family, who make artists' charcoals in Stoke St Gregory. It has become in 30 years the leading artists' charcoal manufacturer in Europe, producing most of the natural charcoals sold under different art-material brands. The industry is celebrated in the form of the ""Willow Man"" (sometimes known as the ""Angel of the South""), a willow sculpture, 40 feet (12.2 m) tall, produced by artist Serena de la Hey in September 2000 that can be seen from the railway and the M5 motorway to the north of Bridgwater. At"
"Angel of Victory The Angel of Victory (French: "" L'Ange de la Victoire"") is a statue crafted by London-born sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy (1881–1979), installed in Montreal's Windsor Station, in Quebec, Canada. It was commissioned in 1922 in memory of the 1,116 Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) employees who died in World War I. Copies of the statue were also installed at CPR stations in Vancouver and Winnipeg, Canada. The bronze, seven foot tall statue shows a fallen soldier being carried up to heaven by a female angel. It is on a pedestal inscribed: To Commemorate Those in the Service"
"base and a rectangular plinth, all of which are constructed of Portland stone. The fluidity of the figure and the drooping of the angel's wings over the sarcophagus are singled out by Historic England as particularly memorable features. The angel was sculpted by Sydney March, who was later renowned for the National War Memorial of Canada—also consisting of bronze and stone sculpture. The work is thought to be inspired by funerary sculptures by Leonardo Bistolfi in northern Italy. Also listed (at grade II) is the memorial to Markham Buxton (1852–1927), a bronze relief on a stone stele; the memorial was"
"a sculptor, Jones was an accomplished painter. Adrian Jones (sculptor) Adrian Jones MVO (9 February 1845 – 24 January 1938) was an English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He created the sculpture ""Peace descending on the Quadriga of War"", on top of the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in London. Before becoming a full-time artist he was an army veterinary surgeon. Adrian Jones was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, and studied at the Royal Veterinary College, qualifying as a veterinary surgeon in 1866. He enrolled in the Army as a veterinary officer in the Royal Horse"
"Maggi Hambling Maggi Hambling (born 23 October 1945) is a British painter and sculptor. Perhaps her best-known public works are the sculptures ""A Conversation with Oscar Wilde"" in London and ""Scallop"", a 4-metre-high steel piece on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Both works have attracted a great degree of controversy. Maggi Hambling was born in Sudbury, Suffolk She had two siblings, a sister, Ann, who was 11 years older, and a brother, Roger, nine years older than Hambling. Her brother had wanted a brother but ignored the fact that his younger sibling is female and taught her carpentry and"
"""The Guardian"" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Maggi Hambling Maggi Hambling (born 23 October 1945) is a British painter and sculptor. Perhaps her best-known public works are the sculptures ""A Conversation with Oscar Wilde"" in London and ""Scallop"", a 4-metre-high steel piece on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Both works have attracted a great degree of controversy. Maggi Hambling was born in Sudbury, Suffolk She had two siblings, a sister, Ann, who was 11 years older, and a brother, Roger, nine years older than Hambling. Her brother had wanted a brother but"
"Adrian Jones (sculptor) Adrian Jones MVO (9 February 1845 – 24 January 1938) was an English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He created the sculpture ""Peace descending on the Quadriga of War"", on top of the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in London. Before becoming a full-time artist he was an army veterinary surgeon. Adrian Jones was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, and studied at the Royal Veterinary College, qualifying as a veterinary surgeon in 1866. He enrolled in the Army as a veterinary officer in the Royal Horse Artillery the following year and served from"
"a novelist, playwright & poet), Glenys Barton (sculptor), Arnold Machin (sculptor, coin & stamp designer) and Sidney Tushingham, A.R.E. The outskirts of Tunstall became home to a new public art statue called ""Golden"" in 2015. The 69 ft (21m) steel work of art by Wolfgang Buttress was privately funded with £180,000 Section 106 monies and will be made from COR-TEN Steel, the same material as the ""Angel of the North"". The tapered lozenge design features powerful LED lights that will illuminate 1,500 glass prisms containing the written wishes or memories of local residents. Each prism will be suspended from the"
"sculpture, designed by Peter Fink, was removed for repairs within weeks of opening, a problem causing its fins to move dangerously in high winds having been discovered. It was rebuilt in June 2005 and the structure, taller than the Angel of the North at Gateshead, is visible from as far as Winter Hill, Horwich, Greater Manchester. In 2011, planning was submitted and subsequently granted for Estuary Banks, a £6 million business park scheme developed by Capital & Centric Plc and Barnfield Construction. Constructed started on of speculative construction in November 2011. The latest phase (120,000 sq ft) has been completed"
"it now remains in a temperature-controlled private collection in London. The sculpture was attributed to Leonardo da Vinci by art historian Carlo Pedretti in 1985, mainly due to a note Leonardo had written for himself in another work. On a c.1503-1504 worksheet from the Codex Windsor set of Leonardo's drawings are sketches of horses, believed to be part of a study for the painting of ""The Battle of Anghiari"". In the middle of the sheet is a note to ""make one of wax about finger long"", and the bucking posture of one of the horses is similar to the sculpture."
"us the very sculptor we had dreamed of but hardly dared hope for."" British-American biological anthropologist John Lawrence Angel (1915–1986) was Angel-Seymour's son. When he died in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, he was reputed to be one of America’s foremost sculptors; some considered him unrivaled for the times, comparing him to some of the finest sculptors of the Middle Ages. Two main works were at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York and in the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana. The latter includes a rendering of Francis Vigo. Angel himself proclaimed the ten-ton Vigo"
"£30,000 for the creation of the memorial as a 'punishment' for not coming to the aid of the British women and children in Bibighar. ""The Angel of the Resurrection"" was created by Baron Carlo Marochetti and completed in 1865. It has been called by various names throughout the centuries and came to be the most visited statue of British India. The chief proponent and private funder was Charlotte, Countess Canning, wife of the first Viceroy of India, Earl Canning. She approached her childhood friend, Marochetti, for models. In turn, Marochetti suggested that other sculptors be invited. Following the Countess's death,"
"unveiled by The Princess Royal on 26 September 2008. Lawson was granted the Freeman of the City of Durham on 10 November 2008. Name, date, and current location. Fenwick Lawson Fenwick Justin John Lawson, ARCA (born 19 May 1932 in South Moor, County Durham), commonly known as Fenwick Lawson, is an English sculptor based in the north-east of England. Fenwick Lawson was born in 1932 in South Moor, Co. Durham and spent his childhood in the neighbouring village of Craghead. He studied at the Sunderland College of Art (1951–54) and Royal College of Art, London (1954–57), under John Skeaping and"
"at Nottingham Trent. Notable Works Include: Wolfgang Buttress Wolfgang Buttress (born 1965) is an English artist. Artist Wolfgang Buttress creates multi-sensory artworks that draw inspiration from our evolving relationship with the natural world. Buttress explores and interprets scientific discoveries, collaborating with architects, landscape architects, scientists and musicians to create human-centred experiences. Wolfgang has produced artworks on four continents including Europe, Australia, Japan and the U.S. He is well known for the ""UK Pavilion"" (Milan EXPO 2015) and ""The Hive"", a collaboration with physicist Dr Martin Bencsik, BDP, Hoare Lea and Simmonds Studio, currently installed at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London,"
"a concrete structure on the river bank in the future"". George Candler, the council's area director, revealed that all of the Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council staff who were responsible for the sculpture had left their posts on the borough's abolition or soon after. Jon Tandy, a Labour councillor, stated his disapproval that the sculpture had cost more than the much larger and renowned £800,000 ""Angel of the North"" near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, stating ""It is unbelievable. Even the ""Angel of the North"" cost less. It [""The Quantum Leap""] should never have been built. I realised, and 99% of the general population"
"City of Manchester Stadium in 2005. It was the tallest public sculpture ever erected in Britain. The structure was commissioned to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth Games and was named after a quote from former Olympic sprint champion Linford Christie and meant to symbolise the burst of energy as an athlete shoots out of the blocks. However, one of its 180 steel spikes dislodged within two weeks, and a further 22 spikes had to be removed from the sculpture over the next four years. ""Angel of the North"" creator Anthony Gormley urged Manchester City Council not to scrap the sculpture and"
"the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and the United States commissioned her work including a series of five major pieces based on mythical themes: ""Apocalypse"" (at St Andrew's House), ""Arbor Cosmica"", ""A Bestiary of Mythical Creatures"", ""The Creation"" (at Winchester Cathedral), and ""Search for the Simurgh"". Blacker received commissions for artworks at: Blacker's work was exhibited at Glyndebourne in 2005. Her dealer was Henry Dyson and she died in Bramley, Surrey in 2006. Thetis Blacker Ann Thetis Blacker (13 December 1927 – 18 December 2006) was an English painter and singer. She was noted for her richly coloured pictures,"
"National Gallery of Australia in 2009, and stands in its Sculpture Garden. Inspired by the ""Angel of the North"", several similar projects have been proposed. The ""Angel of the South"" title has been given by some to the ""Willow Man"", which sits to the side of the M5 in Somerset, while the White Horse at Ebbsfleet has been proposed for Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent. The sculpture ""Brick Man"" (also by Gormley) was proposed for the Holbeck area of Leeds. David Park's 2018 novel, ""Travelling in a Strange Land,"" incorporates The Angel of the North into its climax and resolution. Angel of"
"created sculptures largely for religious organisations, commissions from hospitals and private individuals. Collins made a number of works for Guildford Cathedral. A statue of Archangel Gabriel, made by Collins, is located at the eastern end of the Lady Chapel. He also made the sculptures of St Catherine and St Martha. Collins's works includes Alan never used any models for his sculptures, they were all created using his own imagination. He was noted for being very knowledgeable of human anatomy and he always taught human anatomy to his sculpture students. This information came from his second Wife Aliki Collins. ""Gilded Angel""."
"Tobias and the Angel (Verrocchio) Tobias and the Angel is an altar painting, finished around 1470–1475, attributed to the workshop of the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea del Verrocchio. It is housed in the National Gallery, London. This painting is similar to an earlier painting depicting Tobias and the Angel, by Antonio del Pollaiolo. According to Oxford art historian Martin Kemp, Leonardo da Vinci, who was a member of Verrocchio's studio, may have painted some part of this work, most likely the fish. David Alan Brown, of the National Gallery in Washington, attributes the painting of the fluffy little dog to"
"it was replaced by the present statue executed by Richard Belt. This original Queen Anne statue is now in the grounds of St Mary's School, The Ridge, Hastings. East Sussex. Between 1712 and 1713 he executed the two panels over the west portico for £339, but it was not until 1721 that he carved the statues of various apostles and evangelists (each nearly . high) for the west front and south side of the Cathedral. For these he received a total sum of £2,040. Francis Bird Francis Bird (1667–1731) was one of the leading English sculptors of his time. He"