John Bunting (sculptor)

John Bunting
Born John Joseph Bunting
3 August 1927
London, England
Died 19 November 2002 (aged 75)
London, England
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Sculptor

John Bunting, sculptor and teacher was born in London on 3 August 1927.[1] Evacuated to Yorkshire in 1939, he was sent to the Ampleforth College's Benedictine Monastic School. He was influenced by furniture-maker Robert (Mouseman) Thompson[2] in nearby Kilburn, North Yorkshire and after Oxford University and a period of National Service, he returned to Yorkshire as Thompson's wood shop apprentice in 1948.

A meeting with Henry Moore led to him attending Saint Martin's School of Art and then the Royal College of Art in 1950.

He was appointed Master of Drawing at Ampleforth College in 1955 where his pupils included sculptors Antony Gormley, Martin Jennings, painter Andrew Festing[3] and wood engraver Simon Brett. His life and work as a sculptor is recounted by Dr Jonathan Black in his book 'Spirit of Faith', published in 2012 by the John Bunting Foundation (www.johnbuntingfoundation.com).

He died in 2002. His long history with and restoration of a chapel and creation of its sculptures are documented in the book: The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre,[4] by author Madeleine Bunting, one of his five children.

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". John Bunting. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Robert Dalrymple (19 December 2002). "Obituary: John Bunting". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "John Bunting". Telegraph. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Madeleine Bunting (23 October 2009). "Land of my father: How his hand-built chapel transformed one woman's view of the man she found so hard to love". Daily Mail. Retrieved 25 May 2013.

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