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
Died
5 July 2000(2000-07-05) (aged 79)
Abingdon-on-Thames, England
Known for
Sculpture
Movement
Modern 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.
František Bělský (also known as FrantaBelsky; 6 April 1921 – 5 July 2000) was a Czech sculptor. He was known for large-scale abstract works of public...
been described as "iconic". In the 1970s a bronze relief sculpture by FrantaBelsky was added to the west face of the clock tower. It depicts Lewis Silkin...
ornamental pool. Nearby is Joyride, a mother and child sculpture by FrantaBelsky. Next to the Town Garden, the Church of St Andrew and St George is an...
Sea Lord Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (by FrantaBelsky) was unveiled alongside them on 2 April 1967. On the south side of Trafalgar...
newspaper publisher, lived at the Manor House, restored The Abbey FrantaBelsky, Czech sculptor, lived and worked in the village Thomas Bekynton, Bishop...
featured a 9.45-metre-high (31 ft 0 in) sculpture by the Czech artist FrantaBelsky entitled Totem. Installed in 1977, it stood on a polished terrazzo plinth...
Cannon-Brookes, Peter (11 April 2017). "Irena Sedlecka". The Atelier Sale of FrantaBelsky and Irena Sedlecka. Oxford: Mallams. p. 33. Archived from the original...
sculptures: "Torsion Fountain" (also known as The Shell Fountain) by FrantaBelsky is a tall bronze column of shell like forms, which once poured water...
and metropolitan of the Czech lands and Slovakia See Czech sculptors FrantaBělský Břetislav Benda František Bílek Matthias Bernard Braun Ferdinand Maxmilian...
William McVey outside the British embassy in Washington, D.C. (1966), FrantaBelsky at Fulton, Missouri (1969), at least three from Oscar Nemon: one on...
telescope was located. The monument was designed by the Czech sculptor FrantaBelsky. The site was redeveloped again in the early 1990s, with the new building...
Retrieved 4 August 2022. "Bust of Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope by FrantaBelsky". Your Archives. The National Archives. Archived from the original on...
non-members. It was founded in 1953, and among its founding members were FrantaBelsky, Jacob Epstein, Dora Gordine, Josefina de Vasconcellos and Charles Wheeler...
Anderson Caldwell, a research chemist. A bronze bust of Methven by FrantaBelsky stands at the entrance of the Methven Room at CBI headquarters at Centre...
Portrait Sculptors, where he served as Vice-President alongside President FrantaBelsky PPRBS, late sculptor to the Royal Family. Whyte's early career consisted...
[citation needed] Dina Babbitt (1923—2009), Holocaust survivor and artist FrantaBelsky (1921—2000), WWII veteran and sculptor Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová...
of the medal include Michael Clark, Sean Crampton, Philip Jackson, FrantaBelsky, David Annand, Dennis Huntley, John W. Mills, Michael Rizzello and Judith...
(1277491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2013. "FrantaBelsky". The Telegraph. 7 July 2000. Retrieved 30 September 2013. One Knightsbridge...
0°04′07″W / 51.5277°N 0.0687°W / 51.5277; -0.0687 (Lesson) 1956–1957 FrantaBelsky — Sculptural group Bronze Grade II Unveiled in July 1959 by Isaac Hayward...
America, by Josef Josten, pub. 1943 by Lincolns-Prager, illustrated by FrantaBělský Čechoslovák v Zahranici (The Czechoslovak Abroad), weekly bulletin from...
12866 (Statue of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma) 1983 FrantaBelsky Charles Pollard (Lettering by David Kindersley) Statue — Unveiled 2...