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Laurence Broderick, ARBS, FRSA, is a British sculptor. His best known work is The Bull, a public sculpture in Birmingham, erected in 2003.

Early life

Laurence Broderick was born in Bristol, in 1935, and attended Bembridge School on the Isle of White. He studied painting, illustration and sculpture under Ray Millard and Geoffrey Deeley at the Regent Street Polytechnic from 1952–1957 and Sidney Harpley and Keith Godwin at the Hammersmith School of Art from 1964–1965.

Career

Laurence Broderick began his artistic career as an historical and educational illustrator and painter. He taught Art at the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School in Elstree from 1959 and was Director of Art from 1965–1981. He continued working as a freelance artist and sculptor throughout this period and became a full-time sculptor in 1981. He is joint president of the International Otter Survival Fund, a global charity. He divides his time between studios on the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands and Cambridge, England. He is an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Commissions and Collections include

* The Bull, Birmingham
* Leaping Salmon, Chester Business Park
* Annual Grand Slam Trophies, International Tennis Federation
* Goddess Athena and the Owl, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
* Family of Otters, Powergen, Coventry
* Turtle, Prudential Art Collection, London.
* Mother and Child, Bell’s Whisky, Cherrybank Gardens, Perth.
* Teko, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye
* Madonna and Child, All Saints, Weston-super-Mare
* Crucifix, The Priory, Christchurch
* Madonna of the Magnificat, The Priory, Dunstable
* St Mark and the Lion, St Mark’s, Mansfield
* Sir Roy Calne, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
* June Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Haddo Arts Trust
* Philippe Chatrier, International Tennis Federation, Roland Garros, Paris

Exhibitions

Group shows with the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Contemporary Portrait Society, Society of Wildlife Artists and the Royal West of England Academy. Solo exhibitions in Scotland, England, Jersey, Monte Carlo, Germany and Canada.

Published Works

* Persia The Immortal Kingdom. New York Graphic Society Publishers. ISBN 10 0901493058.
* Everyday Life in Imperial Japan. Hippocrene Books Inc. ISBN 10 0880293527.
* Everyday Life in Traditional Japan. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-904722-39-2.
* Soapstone Carving. Tiranti. ISBN 10 0854586261.
* Ports and Harbours. Macdonald Phoebus. ISBN 10 0356040275.
* Henry Purcell and his Times. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0241019192.
* Uncle Matt's Mountain. New York St Martin's Press.

References

* de Laperriere, Charles Baile (2004). Who’s Who in Art. Hilmarton Manor Press. ISBN 9780904722390.
* Dictionary of International Biography. International Biographical Centre. 2010. ISBN 978 1 903986 30 1.

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