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Young Mozart
Statue: Young Mozart
Artist: David Blackhouse
About: 1991
Medium: bronze & Bath stone
Dimensions: H 140 x W 93 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 80 x W 95 x D (?) cm
Location: Bath Somerset, United Kingdom
Custodian: Bath City Council
Photos by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography
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A scaled-down version of the statue in Salzburg depicting a young Mozart playing his violin and standing on a raised, pierced and scrolled bronze base in the form of a drum with three doves, two squirrels and a mouse at his feet. The sculpture was commissioned as the deathbed wish of Mrs Purnell (through the City of Bath) in memory of her son Mark Purnell (1938–1985). The unveiling ceremony was attended by Yehudi Menuhin (Trustee of the annual Bath Mozart Music Festival) and the MP Chris Patten.
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David Backhouse (b.1941)
Sculptor in bronze, born in Corsham, Wiltshire. Studied at West of England College of Art, Bristol, and became a fellow of RBS and member of SPS and RWA. Backhouse taught sculpture in Bristol for a time, then worked extensively abroad: in 1971 in Luxembourg, portrait heads of Prince Charles of Luxembourg and family; in 1972 in Rome and Florence, bronze casting. Among assignments completed were portrait head of the conductor Colin Davis, collection of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1974; sculpture for Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Cheltenham, 1977–8; and life-size, three-figure bronze fountain for John Perkins, 1979. Exhibitions included Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1975; Alwin Gallery, 1979; retrospective at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, 1980; and Orangery, Holland Park, 1981.
Read moreText source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company
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Young Mozart
Statue: Young Mozart
Artist: David Blackhouse
About: 1991
Medium: bronze & Bath stone
Dimensions: H 140 x W 93 x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 80 x W 95 x D (?) cm
Location: Bath Somerset, United Kingdom
Custodian: Bath City Council
Photos by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography
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A scaled-down version of the statue in Salzburg depicting a young Mozart playing his violin and standing on a raised, pierced and scrolled bronze base in the form of a drum with three doves, two squirrels and a mouse at his feet. The sculpture was commissioned as the deathbed wish of Mrs Purnell (through the City of Bath) in memory of her son Mark Purnell (1938–1985). The unveiling ceremony was attended by Yehudi Menuhin (Trustee of the annual Bath Mozart Music Festival) and the MP Chris Patten.
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David Backhouse (b.1941)
Sculptor in bronze, born in Corsham, Wiltshire. Studied at West of England College of Art, Bristol, and became a fellow of RBS and member of SPS and RWA. Backhouse taught sculpture in Bristol for a time, then worked extensively abroad: in 1971 in Luxembourg, portrait heads of Prince Charles of Luxembourg and family; in 1972 in Rome and Florence, bronze casting. Among assignments completed were portrait head of the conductor Colin Davis, collection of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1974; sculpture for Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Cheltenham, 1977–8; and life-size, three-figure bronze fountain for John Perkins, 1979. Exhibitions included Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1975; Alwin Gallery, 1979; retrospective at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, 1980; and Orangery, Holland Park, 1981.
Read moreText source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company
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#worldofsculpturee #artloveenjoylife #1zebraphotography #Wikipedia #webgalleryofvisualart #webgalleryofvisualarr