1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies, hence the Arts Council of England.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Arts Council of England / Great Britain
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Festival of Britain - London Pride
London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festi...
Morley Mosaics - KEW - Annie McCall
Dr Annie McCall, born 1859. Annie founded the Clapham Maternity Hospital and ...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Heather Rabbatts
Heather Rabbatts, born 1955. Heather was a Jamaican born British lawyer, busi...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Hester Thrale
Hester Thrale, born 1741. Hester was a colourful member of London society, no...
Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly
Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...
Other Subjects
James Barry
Painter. Born in Water Lane, Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. He studied in Italy and in 1782 he was appointed Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy. Because of abusive remarks about his colleagues, ...
1 memorial
Edward Ardizzone
Artist. Born Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone of French/Italian stock in Haiphong, Tonkin (modern day Vietnam) where his father was working at the time. He came to Britain in 1905, and eventually st...
1 memorial
Joseph Knight
Born London. Landscape painter and engraver. At the age of seven, his right arm was amputated following an accident, but this did not deter him from following his chosen profession. Member of the I...
1 memorial
Sir Frank Brangwyn
Artist. Born Bruges, Belgium where his father was working as an architect/artist but his Anglo-Welsh family moved back to London in 1874. Largely self-taught he was skilled in various mediums and c...
1 memorial
Samuel Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on 27 April 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. He was an artist who travelled to Italy, Switzerland ,France and England where in 1811 he gained admittance...
1 memorial
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