DAVID WYNNE SCULPTURES
THE SCULPTURE OF DAVID WYNNE ( 1926 - 2014) Sir David Wynne was one of the most prolific creators of permanent public sculpture in London, with a remarkable number of iconic works - including several signature pieces along the Thames and in parks. Born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, in 1926, he was educated at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. After serving in the Royal Navy during World War II, he read zoology at Trinity College, Cambridge - a background that later influenced his approach to sculpture, especially in capturing animal movement and form. Although he never attended formal art school, Wynne took up sculpture professionally in around 1950 and quickly gained recognition, going on the receive major public commissions throughout Britain and abroad. David Wynne married Gillian Grant in 1959 and they had two sons; one of them, Roly, later became the model for Wynne’s Boy with a Do...