Karen Newman MRBS (born 20 January 1951) is a British-born sculptor, best known for her bronze bust of Violette Szabo on the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, outside Lambeth Palace in London.[1]
Career
Newman was trained at the Chelsea School of Art for a Pre-Diploma 1969–1970, then on to the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, London 1970–1972. From 1980 to 2001 Newman worked at Madame Tussauds in London. Among her subjects were:
- The Duke of Edinburgh
- Charlie Chaplin
- The late ex-Prime Minister Harold Wilson
- Sarah, Duchess of York
- Stevie Wonder
- Eric Clapton
- Bob Geldof
- Prime Minister Tony Blair
- The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin
- Jeroen Krabbé. Dutch film actor, painter.
- Chancellor Helmut Kohl
- Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Yoko Ono
- Charles Dance
- Hugh Grant
- Billy Connolly
Newman's life-size waxwork of Charlie Chaplin was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 2008, a bronze bust of Violette Szabo was unveiled at the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, in front of Lambeth Palace.[2]
References
- ^ "Royal British Society of Sculptors". Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ^ "Secret agents' memorial unveiled". BBC. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
External links
Artworks by or after Karen Newman at the Art UK site
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