Glynn Williams (born on 30 March 1939 in

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, England, UK) is a British sculptor. Once an abstract artist, he has worked in the figurative tradition since the late 1970s.

Life

After attending Wolverhampton College of Art in 1955, he worked at the

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until 1963 after winning the

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scholarship. In 1976, he became Head of the

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Sculpture Department, before moving to the

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, London, where he became Head of Sculpture in 1990 and Head of the School of Fine Art from 1995 to 2010. He is a Fellow of

, the

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, and the RSA. During the 1970s he made abstract sculptures, including crate-like objects in wood, but later in the decade he began carving stone figures.

Public Sculpture

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in Parliament Square, London *

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memorial, Westminster, London *Portrait of Lord Annan, National Portrait Gallery Bottisham2.JPG, Bottisham Stone Mother and Child - geograph.org.uk - 708686.jpg, Mother and Child at the Lawn The Flowering of the English Baroque, Henry Purcell, London.JPG, Henry Purcell (London)

Portraits of Glynn Williams

A photographic portrait of Williams by Sue Adler exists in the National Portrait Gallery. A terracotta head by

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was exhibited at

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in 2013 as part of the Sculpture Series Heads Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads: Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture (2013) Scott, M., Hall, P., and Pheby, H. exhibition.

References

External links

Glynn Williams WebsiteGuardian article 9/12/13 referencing Williams as expert adviser to Westminster Council, commenting on Nelson Mandela statue
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Glynn Living people 1939 births British sculptors British male sculptors Academics of the Royal College of Art Academics of Wimbledon College of Arts Prix de Rome (Britain) winners