Thompson Dagnall is a British sculptor.
Born in Liverpool on 15 February 1956, he attended Liverpool and Brighton Polytechnics before gaining an MA at Chelsea College in 1979.[1]
He is a prolific producer of works on public commission,[2] including Archimedes and Luca Pacioli in Manchester;[3] Halsall Navvy in Halsall;[2] Black Tiger and Kissing Seat, Walking Snake, Hanging Bat, Spruced up Heron and Orme Sight in Beacon Fell Country Park;[2] and Gauging the Ripple by the Ribble Link canal in Preston[2] (nicknamed the "Ribble Piddler"[4]).
In his early career, he carved nudes with his first clothed piece being a sculpture of cricketer Don Bradman in 1985[5]
Notes
edit- ^ Thompson Dagnall: CV, accessed 16 January 2010
- ^ a b c d Thompson Dagnall: List of Works Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 11 July 2008
- ^ Manchester Statues & Sculpture[usurped], accessed 11 July 2008
- ^ Squires, Matthew (30 March 2009), "Piddler will return as £30k iron man", Lancashire Evening Post, Preston, accessed 10 August 2009
- ^ Windsor, Alan (22 November 2017). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-77130-6.
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