Sculptor. Born Solihull. Committed socialist and campaigner. His work celebrates the heroes of liberation. The picture source web site splendidly shows many of his works and provides context for the subjects depicted.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Ian Walters
Creations i
Bronze Woman
This was the first statue of a black woman to be on permanent display anywher...
Fenner Brockway statue
The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot,...
International Brigade
The quote “they went….other way” is a paraphrase of two lines from C. Day Lew...
Nelson Mandela - bust
The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and ...
Nelson Mandela - statue
Unveiled by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the presence of London Mayor Ken L...
Other Subjects
Dr. Elsie Yu Chen Chee
Born Shanhai but lived in Singapore for at least 35 years. In 2001 Dr Yu Chen Chee Elsie was the fifth woman in Singapore to be awarded the Singapore Council of Women's Organizations Award.
John Bacon the Elder
Awarded the first gold medal for sculpture by the Royal Academy in 1769. Other works: Samuel Johnson (1796) in St Paul's Cathedral. Ornamental Passions writes : "John Bacon was the son of a clothwo...
Brian Yale
Sculptor. We can't find evidence that this Brian Yale is the sculptor who died on 12 October 2009.
Joshua Marshall
King Charles II’s Master Mason. Also worked on St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple Bar and did much work in the rebuilding of the City after the Great Fire. Born and died London.
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sculptor and painter, renowned for producing controversial works of art that challenged the taboos of his time. Born New York City and arrived in London, via Paris, in 1905. 1909 - 1914 had a studi...
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Jimmy Jewel
Comedy actor. Born James Arthur Thomas Marsh in Sheffield to a couple of music-hall entertainers. When Jimmy's successful double act became old fashioned he restarted his career in television in t...
Watney war
SW14, Lower Richmond Road, Mortlake / Stag Brewery
The names are not in the more standard columns format but, for each war, they are given in a continuous line, alphabetical with a few exc...
166 subjects commemorated
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