David Wynne (sculptor)
David Wynne was a British sculptor of figures, animals and portraits.
Born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, son of Commander Charles Edward Wynne and Millicent, he was educated at Stowe School and then served in the Royal Navy during World War II and read Zoology at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking up sculpture professionally in 1950. He married Gillian Grant, daughter of the writer Joan Grant, in 1959 and had two sons, Edward and Roland, who formed psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles.
He did a bronze sculpture of The Beatles in 1964 and subsequently introduced them to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
He was awarded the OBE in 1994.Works
Wynne's sculptures include:
- Bird Fountains – Ambassador College, Pasadena, California
- Blessed Virgin Mary – Ely Cathedral
- The Breath of Life Column – location unknown
- Boy with a Dolphin – Cheyne Walk
- Christ and Mary Magdalene – Ely Cathedral and Magdalen College, Oxford
- Cresta Rider – Saint Moritz
- Dancer with a Bird – Cadogan Square Gardens
- The Dancers – Cadogan Square Gardens
- Embracing Lovers – Guildhall, London
- Five Swimmers Fountain – Staines
- Fred Perry – Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club, Southfields, London
- Gaia and Tresco Children – Tresco Abbey Gardens
- Girl on a Horse – Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, New York
- Girl with a Dolphin – by Tower Bridge
- Girl with Doves – University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Goddess of the Woods – Highgrove House
- Gorilla – Crystal Palace Park, south London, a sculpture of Guy the Gorilla
- Grizzly Bear – Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, New York
- Leaping Salmon – Kingston upon Thames
- The Messenger – Sutton, London
- Queen Elizabeth Gate – Hyde Park Corner
- Risen Christ and Seraphim – Wells Cathedral
- River God Tyne – Newcastle Civic Centre
- ' – originally Lewis's, later Debenhams, Hanley, Staffordshire
- Swans in Flight –
- Teamwork – for Taylor Woodrow headquarters, London and later Solihull; now at
- ' – Commemoration of the United Kingdom joining the European Economic Community
- ″Christ on the Ass″ Maquette III for The Entry into Jerusalem.
Portraits include:
