Vincent Browne (born 1947) is an

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sculptor.

Biography

Browne was born in

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in 1947. He studied at the

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and at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands. In 1987, Browne represented Ireland in Budapest at the 7th International Small Sculpture Show. He created a well-loved Dublin landmark, ''Mr. Screen'', the squat bronze usher who stands outside the

Screen Cinema The Screen Cinema was a three-screen cinema in Hawkins Street, Dublin, Ireland. History The cinema had been operating since 1984, showing world cinema, and independent and Irish films. The Screen Cinema, originally named The New Metropole, ope ...

at the junction of Hawkins Street and Townsend Street in Dublin.''Mr. Screen'' in Google Street View
Retrieved: 2012-01-10. ''Mr Screen'' was made from two immersion water heaters. His public commissions also include ''Anti-War Memorial'' (

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, 1987) and the bronze Palm Tree seat in Temple Bar, Dublin. In 2005, Browne was commissioned to create a sculpture for the exterior of the Blanchardstown Civic Offices called ''The Tree of Life''.

Notable works

* ''Anti-War Memorial'', Limerick (1987) * ''Mr. Screen'' (1988) * ''Palm Tree'' * ''The Tree of Life'' (2005)

Gallery

References

1947 births Living people Irish sculptors Aosdána members Artists from Dublin (city) Alumni of the National College of Art and Design {{Ireland-sculptor-stub