Karen Newman (artist)

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Karen Newman
Born	(1951-01-20) January 20, 1951 London Great Britain
Occupation	Sculptor
Nationality	British
Period	from 1965 onwards
Genres	Figurative sculpture
Subjects	Portrait sculpture
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Karen Newman ARBS is a British-born sculptor, best known for her bronze bust of Violette Szabo on the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, outside Lambeth Palace in London.^[1] Karen was formally trained at the Chelsea School of Art for a Pre-Diploma 1969-1970, then on to the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, London 1970-1972.

From 1980 to 2001 Karen worked at Madame Tussauds in London. Among her subjects were:

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Charlie Chaplin
The late ex-Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Sarah, Duchess of York
Stevie Wonder
Eric Clapton
Bob Geldof
Prime Minister Tony Blair
The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin
Jeroen Krabbé. Dutch film actor, painter.
Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Yoko Ono
Charles Dance
Hugh Grant
Billy Connolly

Karen's life-size Waxwork of Charlie Chaplin was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

References

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Persondata
Name	Newman, Karen
Alternative names
Short description	British artist
Date of birth	1951-01-20
Place of birth	London Great Britain
Date of death
Place of death

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