Person    | Male  Born 4/5/1943 

Mihail Chemiakin

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: France, Germany, Russia

Sculptor. He spent his early years in East Germany, where his father was serving in the army. Returning to Russia, he worked at the Hermitage museum. He was exiled in 1971 for failing to conform to Socialist Realism norms and settled in France. His work often features the 'surreal grotesque'.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Mihail Chemiakin

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Peter the Great statue

Statue unveiled by Prince Michael of Kent, as Patron of the Peter the Great T...

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Keith McCarter

Keith McCarter

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1 memorial
Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

Percy Fitzgerald, FSA

Sculptor, painter and author. Born Ireland.  The picture source website has a second picture of Fitzgerald, sadly no more flattering than this one.

Person, Literature, Sculpture, Ireland

2 memorials
Bernard Meadows

Bernard Meadows

Sculptor.  Born Norwich.  Professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art, 1960–80.  Died at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead.  Tate holds some of his work but we are not aware of any other pu...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
G. Hawkings & Son

G. Hawkings & Son

Active in 1921.

Group, Sculpture

1 memorial
Louis Frederick Roslyn

Louis Frederick Roslyn

Sculptor. Born in London as Fritz Roselieb, changed his name when he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. Works in London include the reliefs on Norway House.

Person, Sculpture

5 memorials