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Castle Park: 1993: Ann Christopher: Abstract sculpture: Patinated bronze: 4.5 metre high Cast at the Pangolin Foundry, Stroud [1] [9] [10] [7] Only the Dead Fish Go With the Flow Castle Park: 1993: Victor Moreton Tiles and reliefs: Glazed ceramic tiles & moulded fish reliefs: 7.5m by 6.5m square area Work is in very poor condition. [2] [7 ...
On the afternoon of 24 November 1940, 148 aircraft of the Luftwaffe left airfields in Northern France heading for Bristol. The concentration point was to be the City Docks, and their objective was to destroy Bristol's industry and port facilities. 135 aircraft reached the target area, and dropped 156,250 kg (344,470 lb) of high explosives, 4,750 kg (10,470 lb) of oil bombs and 12,500 incendiaries.
The Friends of Bristol Art Gallery [14] has supported the gallery since 1947, acquiring over 300 works of art for the gallery. The Friends of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery [ 15 ] was founded in 1977 (first known as the “Bristol Magpies”) to support the principal sites of Bristol’s museums, galleries and archives service.
St Mary le Port, Bristol by John Piper (1940) (Tate N05718) The church was bombed in the Second World War on 24 November 1940 during the Bristol Blitz. John Piper painted an evocative picture of the bombed St Mary le Port. This image appears on the 1/6d British commemorative stamp, part of a set of four paintings by British artists issued in 1968.
On the extreme left and right of the image can be seen the buildings of the Castle district, which were heavily bombed during the Bristol Blitz, leaving the area known as Castle Park. The foundation of the church can be traced back to 1106 when it was endowed on Tewkesbury Abbey , [ 1 ] with a 12th-century lower tower, the rest of the church ...
Bristol Historical & Preservation Society’s House Tour 2024. The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lines from Within, (1993) Castle Park, Bristol. Ann Christopher was born on 4 December 1947 in Watford, Hertfordshire, [1] and studied at the Harrow School of Art from 1965 to 1966 and the West of England College of Art in Bristol from 1966 to 1969. [2] [3] [4] She lives and works north of Bath. [5]
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