13c-Obolensky Statue, Cromwell Square
Nominated for an award in 2009. Whilst it is excellent to have more public art, using good materials by accomplished artists, a question was asked: is it in the best place?
The project was launched in February 2008 with great support from James Hehir, chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council. The plan was to erect a permanent memorial to the Prince who was killed when his Hawker Hurricane crashed at Martlesham Heath Airfield in 1940. He was 24 years old when he died and was buried in Ipswich New Cemetery.
An Oxford graduate, England rugby player and world war two fighter pilot, Obolensky’s statue by Harry Gray was unveiled in February 2009 by the his niece, Princess Alexandra. It stands on Cromwell Square in Ipswich.
13c-Obolensky Statue, Cromwell Square
Nominated for an award in 2009. Whilst it is excellent to have more public art, using good materials by accomplished artists, a question was asked: is it in the best place?
The project was launched in February 2008 with great support from James Hehir, chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council. The plan was to erect a permanent memorial to the Prince who was killed when his Hawker Hurricane crashed at Martlesham Heath Airfield in 1940. He was 24 years old when he died and was buried in Ipswich New Cemetery.
An Oxford graduate, England rugby player and world war two fighter pilot, Obolensky’s statue by Harry Gray was unveiled in February 2009 by the his niece, Princess Alexandra. It stands on Cromwell Square in Ipswich.