Laurence broderick biography
Laurence Broderick FRSA (18 June – 18 April ) was a.!
Laurence Broderick
British sculptor (1935–2024)
Laurence Broderick FRSA (18 June 1935 – 18 April 2024) was a British sculptor.
His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. The Bull is about 4.5 meters long, about 220 cm high and weighs about 6.5 tons.
Laurence Broderick FRSA was a British sculptor.
It is one of the largest bronze animal sculptures in the country. His work consists largely of figurative carvings in stone and editions in bronze.
Early life
Broderick was born in Bristol, in the west of England, on 18 June 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 to 1957, and with Sidney Harpley and Keith Godwin at the Hammersmith School of Art from 1964 to 1965.
Career
Broderick began his artistic career as an historical and educational illustrator and painter. He taught Art at the Haberdashers' Aske's Scho