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Rowan Gillespie

Rowan Gillespie (Born 1953) is active/lives in Ireland, England.  Rowan Gillespie is known for Bronze narrative, symbolic figural sculpture.

Rowan Gillespie (b.1953)

One of the most eloquent contemporary masters of Irish sculpture, Rowan Gillespie is known for his bronze sculptures of emotional themes such as The Cycle of Life, Colorado (1991), The Famine Series, Dublin (1996-97) and Ripples of Ulysses (2000).  He has emerged as one of the major figurative sculptors in the history of Irish art and his work appears in public and private collections around the world.

Gillespie was born in Dublin in 1953 to Irish parents, but moved to Cyprus when he was a child where his father who was a doctor worked.  His abiding memories from this time were of a stunning Mediterranean light and a state of unrest in the country.  At the age of 7 he was sent to boarding school in England, and his family remained in Cyprus until he was 10.

In 1969 he went to the York School of Art where he was first introduced to the lost wax casting process by the bronze sculptor Sally Arnup. In 1970 he   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4258 characters.]  Artist bio

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