Philip Jackson (sculptor)

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Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg by Philip Jackson in Great Cumberland Place, London.

Statue of Terence Cuneo by Philip Jackson. Waterloo Station, London.

Philip Jackson is an award winning British sculptor, noted for his modern style and emphasis on form. Acting as Royal Sculptor to Queen Elizabeth II, his sculptures appear in numerous UK cities, as well as Argentina and Switzerland.

His twice life size statue of Bobby Moore is due to be unveiled at the opening of the new Wembley Stadium in 2007.

Philip Jackson was born in Scotland during the world war & now lives & works in West Sussex. He went to the Farnham School of Art. After leaving school he was a press photographer for a year and then joined a design company as a sculptor. Fifty percent of his time is spent on commissions & the other fifty per cent on gallery sculpture. He is well known for his major outdoor pieces, such as the Young Mozart in Chelsea & the Jersey Liberation sculpture. His sources of inspiration have been Epstein, Rodin, Henry Moore, Oscar Nemon & Kenneth Armitage. But the most powerful influence in his life is his wife Jean who works with him.

Philip Jackson describes his art in the following words: “My sculptures are essentially an impressionistic rendering of the figure. Where you see the figure seemingly grow out of the ground, the texture resembles tree bark, rock, or lava flow. As the eye moves up the sculpture, the finish becomes gentler & more delicately worked, culminating in the hands and the mask, both of which are precisely observed & modeled

[edit] Other commissions

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Belgravia, London
Falklands War Sculpture, Portsmouth
Liberation Sculpture, Jersey, Channel Islands
Sir Matt Busby, Old Trafford, Manchester
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Geneva, Switzerland
St Richard, Chichester Cathedral
Constantine the Great, York Minster
King George VI, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
The Gurkha Monument, Horseguards Parade
1966 World Cup Sculpture, London
Queen Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park

As well as producing commissions, Jackson also creates 'studio' works, mainly theatrical subjects. One of his most celebrated works was the life-size nude, Maggie Reading.