Lot 85: Geraldine Knight, 1933-2008 Figure on a Park Bench

Geraldine Knight, 1933-2008
Figure on a Park Bench
Bronze on slatted wood base
Signed and numbered 1 of an edition of 5
162cm.; 64ins high by 48cm.; 19ins wide
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 sculptor, Geraldine Knight was awarded the Prix de Rome scholarship, enabling her to spend two years in Italy. She has since produced a variety of sculptures and architectural decoration. Her life size bronze animals include a flock of sheep, exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition of 1986. As well as portrait busts and public sculpture, Knight has working on stage sets and contributed to building restoration projects. 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. She now lives and works between Oxford and Venice.