Glynn Williams

Statue of David Lloyd George, Parliament Square, created by Glynn Williams

Glynn Williams (born in 1939 in Shrewsbury, England, UK^[1][2]) is a British sculptor. Once an abstract artist, he has worked in the figurative tradition since the late 1970s.

Life

After attending Wolverhampton College of Art in 1955, he worked at the British School in Rome until 1963 after winning the British Prix de Rome scholarship. In 1976, he became Head of the Wimbledon School of Art Sculpture Department, before moving to the Royal College of Art, London, where he became Head of Sculpture in 1990 and Head of the School of Fine Art from 1995 to 2010. He is a Fellow of Royal College of Art, the Royal Society of British Sculptors, and the RSA.

During the 1970s he made abstract sculptures, including crate-like objects in wood,^[3] but later in the decade he began carving stone figures.^[4]

Public Sculpture

• Lloyd George in Parliament Square, London^[5]
• Henry Purcell memorial, Westminster, London^[6]
• Portrait of Lord Annan, National Portrait Gallery^[7]

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  Bottisham Stone
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  Mother and Child at the Lawn
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  Henry Purcell (London)

Portraits of Glynn Williams

A photographic portrait of Williams by Sue Adler exists in the National Portrait Gallery.^[8]

A terracotta head by Jon Edgar was exhibited at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2013 as part of the Sculpture Series Heads ^[9] exhibition.

References

1. http://www.sculpture.org.uk/biography/GlynnWilliams/
2. "Prof Glynn Williams Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Prof Glynn Williams Profile". web.archive.org. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
3. "Sculpture". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
4. "Tate Gallery". Morning; Glynn Williams. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
5. http://www.davidsonarts.com/index.php/site/projectDetall/the_david_lloyd_george_memorial_in_parliament_square_2
6. http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/April%201996/13/805127/
7. "NPG 6220; Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
8. "NPG x87021; Glynn Anthony Williams - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
9. Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads: Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture (2013) Scott, M., Hall, P., and Pheby, H. ISBN 978-0955867514

External links

• Guardian article 9/12/13 referencing Williams as expert adviser to Westminster Council, commenting on Nelson Mandela statue