Laurence Broderick
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Laurence Broderick MRBS, FRSA |
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Broderick with The Bull
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| Born | 1935 (age 81–82) Bristol, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bembridge School |
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| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Website | www |
Laurence Broderick, MRBS FRSA, is a British sculptor. His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. His work consists largely of figurative carvings in stone and editions in bronze.
Broderick was born in Bristol, in the west of England in 1935, and attended Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight.He studied painting, illustration and sculpture under Ray Millard and Geoffrey Deeley at the Regent Street Polytechnic from 1952–1957 and with Sidney Harpley and Keith Godwin at the Hammersmith School of Art from 1964–1965.
Broderick began his artistic career as an historical and educational illustrator and painter. He taught Art at the Haberdashers' Aske's School in Cricklewood from 1959 and Elstree from 1961 and was Director of Art there from 1965–1981. He continued working as a freelance artist and sculptor throughout this period and became a full-time sculptor in 1981.
Predominantly a stone carver, working with many types of stone including: Marble, Alabaster, Soapstone, Hopton Wood and Ancaster Limestone he also models in clay, plasticine, plaster and wax for casting in bronze.
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