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John Doubleday (born 1947) is a British painter and sculptor famous for his public sculptures and statues. He is a figurative sculptor, who works mostly in bronze. He was influenced by Charles Despiau, while spending time at the Musée Bourdelle, Paris. [1]

Doubleday was born in 1947 in Langford, near Maldon, Essex and studied sculpture at Goldsmiths College. He has enjoyed a successful career as a public sculptor since his first one-man show at the Waterhouse and Dodd Gallery, London in 1968.

His commissioned portraits include:

* HRH Prince Philip
* Golda Meir
* Charlie Chaplin (at Leicester Square, London)
* Dylan Thomas
* The Beatles (in Liverpool)
* Sir Laurence Olivier
* Sherlock Holmes (at Marylebone Road / Baker Street, London and at Meiringen, Switzerland)
* Gerald Durrell (at the Jersey Zoo, Jersey)
* Nelson Mandela (in South Africa)

References

1. ^ Windsor, Alan (2002). British sculptors of the twentieth century. Burlington, VT, Ashgate.

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