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George Wyllie (1921 - 2012) was active/lived in United Kingdom, Scotland. George Wyllie is known for Whimsical sculpture.
In the beginning, I thought I knew George's work, but it turns out I knew nothing.
Before getting involved with helping to cement the Wyllie legacy as an artist of international importance (as one of the organizers of the award-winning
Whysman Festival
), I knew George had created the
Straw Locomotive
, a life-sized straw engine which hung from the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow for six weeks during the summer of 1987. I also knew about a huge
Paper Boat
which he launched into the River Clyde with no little fanfare from beneath the same crane two years later. Both these events received an enormous amount of press and publicity. George, a retired Customs and Excise officer, turned full-time artist, had a knack for masterminding big events. He was articulate and he was a showman.
After it was taken down from the crane, George's
Straw Loco
was paraded through the streets of Glasgow on the back of a lorry (with its boiler-suited maker inside). It was th ...
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Similar artists
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Chris Bushe
,
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,
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Ethel Walker
,
Sam Skelton
,
May Byrne
,
Kirsty Wither
,
Bet Low
,
Ally Thompson
,
Donald Manson
,
Jamie O'Dea
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Francis Bowyer
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James Fullarton
,
Graham McKean
,
Joan Somerville
,
James S Davis
,
Lynne Johnstone
,
Marion Drummond
,
Frank Colclough
,
Bryan Evans
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James Somerville Lindsay
,
Lin Pattullo
,
Douglas Thomson
,
Christine Macarthur
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