Erection date: 2006
Angels' Wings by Fred (Fritz) Kormis, sculptor and medalist 1897 - 1986. Born Frankfurt, Germany. Refugee from Nazism to Britain 1936. "A kindly and gentle friend, craftsman and artist." Reg Freeson PC.
Donated to Queen’s Park by Reg Freeson.
NW6, Queen's Park
On our visit the planting around this sculpture was so luxuriant that it was not easy to examine the sculpture nor to photograph it.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fred Kormis sculpture
Sculptor and medallist. Born Frankfurt, Germany. From the very informative W...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Fred Kormis sculpture
Born in St Pancras as Reginald Yarnitz Freeson. Served in the army in WW2. La...
Sculptor and medallist. Born Frankfurt, Germany. From the very informative W...
West Hampstead Live has a quote from Kormis explaining that each of the first 4 seated figures illustrates an aspect of his war experienc...
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This building is St Andrews Holborn. There has been a church here since at least 951 AD. It escaped the 1666 Great Fire but was so dilapi...
Lady Regnart donated these statues in 1912 and her husband died in 1912 so, call us reckless, but we are assuming that the donation was i...
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