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David Wynne OBE (1926-2014)

Sculpture “River God Tyne”, Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

From Wikipedia:

David Wynne OBE (25 May 1926 – 4 September 2014) was a British sculptor of figures, animals, and portraits.

Born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, son of Commander Charles Edward Wynne and Millicent (née Beyts), Wynne was educated at Stowe School and then served in the Royal Navy during World War II and read Zoology at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking up sculpture professionally in 1950. He married Gillian Grant, daughter of the writer Joan Grant, in 1959 and had two sons, Edward and Roland, who formed psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles.

He did a bronze sculpture of The Beatles in 1964 and subsequently introduced them to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (of whom he also did a sculpture).

He was awarded the OBE in 1994.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Civil Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Material: Bronze
Artist: David Wynne OBE (1926-2014)
Date: 1968

Image Details
Date: 11 February 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 35mm
Aperture: ƒ/9
Shutter Speed: 1/100s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International


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