Person    | Male  Born 25/5/1926  Died 4/9/2014

David Wynne

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor of figures, animals, and portraits. Born London. Other work in London includes: Girl with a Dolphin 1975 (before Boy with a Dophin) near Tower Bridge, (London Details for photos), Dancer with a Bird 1975 in Cadogan Square Gardens, Guy the Gorilla in Crystal Palace Park, Fred Perry at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Londonist tells us that it was Wynne who introduced the Beatles to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

2023: The  Daily Mail reported that the 28-year old Virginia Wade was the model for Girl with a Dolphin. It also describes Wynne as a keen tennis player, a self-taught artist and a colourful character.

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David Wynne

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Boy with a Dolphin

{Front:} In memoriam, Roland David Amadeus Wynne, 1964 - 1999, who posed for ...

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Queen Elizabeth Gate

Wynne was the artist for the central, cartoony, lion and unicorn screen. Lun...

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Grinling Gibbons

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Graham Ibbeson

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Frankenstein

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Wendy Taylor

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