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Franta Belsky
Photo of sculptor Franta Belsky with his bust of Queen Elizabeth II (Don Honeyman, 1981)
Born
František Bělský

(1921-04-06)6 April 1921
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Died5 July 2000(2000-07-05) (aged 79)
Abingdon-on-Thames, England
Known forSculpture
MovementModern sculpture, Modernism
Awards
  • Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
  • Otto Beit Medal

František Bělský (also known as Franta Belsky; 6 April 1921 – 5 July 2000) was a Czech sculptor.

He was known for large-scale abstract works of public art as well as more iconographic statues and busts of noted 20th-century figures such as Winston Churchill and members of the British Royal Family.

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was named after him in 1946. A 9 ft 5 in (2.9 m) bronze statue by Franta Belsky of Lord Mountbatten of Burma was erected in 1983 outside the Foreign...

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Stevenage Clock Tower

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been described as "iconic". In the 1970s a bronze relief sculpture by Franta Belsky was added to the west face of the clock tower. It depicts Lewis Silkin...

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Stevenage

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ornamental pool. Nearby is Joyride, a mother and child sculpture by Franta Belsky. Next to the Town Garden, the Church of St Andrew and St George is an...

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Trafalgar Square

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Sea Lord Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (by Franta Belsky) was unveiled alongside them on 2 April 1967. On the south side of Trafalgar...

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Sutton Courtenay

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newspaper publisher, lived at the Manor House, restored The Abbey Franta Belsky, Czech sculptor, lived and worked in the village Thomas Bekynton, Bishop...

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Manchester Arndale

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featured a 9.45-metre-high (31 ft 0 in) sculpture by the Czech artist Franta Belsky entitled Totem. Installed in 1977, it stood on a polished terrazzo plinth...

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Sherlock Holmes

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Cannon-Brookes, Peter (11 April 2017). "Irena Sedlecka". The Atelier Sale of Franta Belsky and Irena Sedlecka. Oxford: Mallams. p. 33. Archived from the original...

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Shell Centre

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sculptures: "Torsion Fountain" (also known as The Shell Fountain) by Franta Belsky is a tall bronze column of shell like forms, which once poured water...

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List of Czechs

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and metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia See Czech sculptors Franta Bělský Břetislav Benda František Bílek Matthias Bernard Braun Ferdinand Maxmilian...

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List of honours of Winston Churchill

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William McVey outside the British embassy in Washington, D.C. (1966), Franta Belsky at Fulton, Missouri (1969), at least three from Oscar Nemon: one on...

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Observatory House

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telescope was located. The monument was designed by the Czech sculptor Franta Belsky. The site was redeveloped again in the early 1990s, with the new building...

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List of public art in Trafalgar Square and the vicinity

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Retrieved 4 August 2022. "Bust of Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope by Franta Belsky". Your Archives. The National Archives. Archived from the original on...

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Society of Portrait Sculptors

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non-members. It was founded in 1953, and among its founding members were Franta Belsky, Jacob Epstein, Dora Gordine, Josefina de Vasconcellos and Charles Wheeler...

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Deaths in July 2000

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77, Czechoslovak film actor. Shōji Ueda, 87, Japanese photographer. Franta Belsky, 79, Czech sculptor, prostate cancer. Giovanni Bettinelli, 65, Italian...

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John Methven

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Anderson Caldwell, a research chemist. A bronze bust of Methven by Franta Belsky stands at the entrance of the Methven Room at CBI headquarters at Centre...

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Steven Whyte

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Portrait Sculptors, where he served as Vice-President alongside President Franta Belsky PPRBS, late sculptor to the Royal Family. Whyte's early career consisted...

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List of people from Brno

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[citation needed] Dina Babbitt (1923—2009), Holocaust survivor and artist Franta Belsky (1921—2000), WWII veteran and sculptor Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová...

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Royal Society of Sculptors

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of the medal include Michael Clark, Sean Crampton, Philip Jackson, Franta Belsky, David Annand, Dennis Huntley, John W. Mills, Michael Rizzello and Judith...

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List of public art in Knightsbridge

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(1277491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2013. "Franta Belsky". The Telegraph. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 30 September 2013. One Knightsbridge...

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List of public art in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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0°04′07″W / 51.5277°N 0.0687°W / 51.5277; -0.0687 (Lesson) 1956–1957 Franta Belsky — Sculptural group Bronze Grade II Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward...

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Josef Josten

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America, by Josef Josten, pub. 1943 by Lincolns-Prager, illustrated by Franta Bělský Čechoslovák v Zahranici (The Czechoslovak Abroad), weekly bulletin from...

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List of public art in Whitehall

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12866 (Statue of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma) 1983 Franta Belsky Charles Pollard (Lettering by David Kindersley) Statue — Unveiled 2...

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