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Danny Osborne is an artist born in
Sculptor Danny Osborne on his Oscar Wilde StatuePicture and details of Sculpture "First Breath"Danny Osborne At Centre Space
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Danny English artists Irish artists 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from Nunavut Artists from Dorset People from Iqaluit Living people 1949 births 20th-century Canadian sculptors 21st-century Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors 21st-century Canadian male artists English emigrants to Canada 20th-century Canadian male artists
Danny Osborne is an artist born in Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...
, England in 1949. He is a resident of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and Cork, Ireland. Osborne studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art. He is best known for his public sculptures, particularly his Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture
The ''Oscar Wilde Memorial Sculpture'' is a collection of three statues in Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland, commemorating Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde. The sculptures were unveiled in 1997 and were designed and made by Danny Osborne ...
in Merrion Square Park (originally commissioned by Guinness Ireland Group for £45,000), located across from Ireland's National Gallery; listed by ''The Irish Times'' as one of the sites to see before you die along with an essay by Paula Murphy in the book Wilde: The Irishman and other notable public work including "First Breath" at Millennium Park in Kilrush, Co. Clare. In 1986, while living on the Beara peninsula
Beara ( ga, Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It contains two mountain ranges running down it ...
in West Cork
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, Osborne and his series of porcelain figures were the subject of the documentary "Birds in Porcelain" by David Shaw-Smith.
He is also known for his paintings of the Canadian Arctic and his experimentation with lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...
flows to create sculptures, which he is believed to be the first to figure out a process of casting sculpture out of live lava flows. His work has included lava cast sculptures from the active complex volcano
A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano or a volcanic complex, is a mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock. They may form due to changes in eruptive habit or in t ...
Pacaya. His work is in both public and private collections including AIB, the Arts Council of Ireland
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About
It was established in 1951 by the Government of Ireland, to encour ...
, Bord Fáilte
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The commune is located in the sout ...
, the Investment Bank of Ireland, Bank of Ireland, the Contemporary Irish Art Society, and Art Bank
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's inclusion of the sculpture 'Conquistador Helmet 1'.
On 1 April 2009, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Peter Kilabuk unveiled his official portrait painted by Osborne. He is a member of the Iqaluit Visual Artists and has also taught jewellery students at Nunavut Arctic College
Nunavut Arctic College ( iu, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ, french: Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut, Inuinnaqtun: ''Nunavunmi Inirnirit Iliharviat'') is a public community college in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. The colle ...
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See also
* Statues in DublinReferences
External links
*Sculptor Danny Osborne on his Oscar Wilde Statue
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Danny English artists Irish artists 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Artists from Nunavut Artists from Dorset People from Iqaluit Living people 1949 births 20th-century Canadian sculptors 21st-century Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors 21st-century Canadian male artists English emigrants to Canada 20th-century Canadian male artists