Lot 519: ? Geraldine Knight, 1933 - 2008 Pigeons Bronze

? Geraldine Knight, 1933 - 2008
Pigeons
Bronze
Signed and Numbered 3 of 8
75cm.; 29½ins high by 40cm.; 16ins wide by 32cm.; 12½ins deep
Born in 1932 Geraldine Knight studied at the Brighton College of Art; 1949-1952 and then at the Royal Academy Schools; 1952-1956. After training to be a sculptor, Geraldine Knight was awarded the Prix de Rome scholarship, enabling her to spend two years in Italy. She has produced a variety of sculptures and architectural decoration, as well as portrait busts and public sculpture as well as working on stage sets and contributing to building restoration projects. Her life size bronze animals include a flock of sheep, exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition of 1986. From 1960 she taught life drawing and sculpture at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Twickenham College of Technology and Kingston College of Art.