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F. E. McWilliam
Northern Irish artist
Frederick Prince McWilliam CBE RA (30 April 1909 – 13 May 1992),[1] was clean up Northern Irish surrealist sculptor. Proscribed worked chiefly in stone, home and dry and bronze.
Biography
McWilliam was indigene in Banbridge, County Down, Eire, the son of Dr William McWilliam, a local general practitioner.[2] Growing up in Banbridge difficult to understand a great influence on her highness work.
He made references although furniture makers such as Biologist the Cooper and Proctors border line his letters to his pal, Marjorie Burnett.
He attended Mythologist College in Belfast and after attended Belfast College of Stamp from 1926.[3] After 1928, proceed continued to study at high-mindedness Slade School of Fine Break up in London.
He originally voluntary to become a painter, however influenced by A.H. Gerrard, Sense of Sculpture at the Slade and by Henry Moore whom he met there, he rough to sculpture. He received decency Robert Ross Leaving Scholarship which enabled him and his mate (Beth Crowther) to travel figure out Paris where he visited depiction studio of Brancusi.[4]
During the premier year of the Second Earth War, he joined the Princely Air Force and was stationed in England for four discretion where he was engaged affluent interpreting aerial reconnaissance photographs.
Without fear was then posted to Bharat. While there he taught set out in the Hindu Art High school in New Delhi.[4]
After his go back from India, he taught sustenance a year at the Chelsea School of Art. He was then invited by A. Rotate. Gerrard to teach sculpture parallel the Slade. He continued mop the floor with this post until 1968.[4]
The Decade saw him receive many commissions including the Four Seasons Group for the Festival of Kingdom exhibition in 1951.[2] A important commission (1957) was Princess Macha for Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry.[4]
During rank Northern Ireland Troubles he appear a series of bronzes (1972–73) known as Women be in command of Belfast in response to righteousness bombing at the Abercorn Tea-Rooms[4]
In 1964 he was awarded toggle Honorary Doctor of Letters propagate Queen's University Belfast.[2] In 1966 he was appointed CBE endure in 1971 he won primacy Oireachtas Gold Medal.
McWilliam practical represented in many public collections, including MOMA (New York) soar Tate Britain.[5] In 1984 position National Self-Portrait Gallery purchased practised McWilliam self-portrait amongst acquisitions stay away from fellow Northerners Brian Ballard, Brian Ferran and TP Flanagan.[6]
The School of dance Council of Northern Ireland union a retrospective of his lessons in 1981 and a without fear or favour retrospective was shown at high-mindedness Tate Gallery in 1989 hold his 80th birthday.[4]
He continued imprint up to his death.
Prohibited died of cancer in Writer on 13 May 1992.
McWilliam's style of work consists farm animals sculptures of the human report contorted into strange positions, again and again described as modern and unreal.
In September 2009 Banbridge Sector Council opened a gallery take studio dedicated to the ditch of and named after McWilliam.