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Karen Newman (artist)

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Occupation
  
Sculptor

Subject
  
Portrait sculpture

Nationality
  
British

Name
  
Karen Newman


Period
  
from 1965 onwards

Role
  
Artist

Genre
  
Figurative sculpture

Karen Newman (artist) home Karen Newman ARBS


Born
  
20 January 1951 (age 73) London, England (
1951-01-20
)

Education
  
Chelsea College of Arts

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. Newman was formally 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:

  • HRH 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.

    References

    Karen Newman (artist) Wikipedia