Laurence Bradshaw sculpting the bust for the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery
Born
Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
1 April 1899
Chester, United Kingdom
Died
11 March 1978
Education
Liverpool College of Art
Occupation
Master of the Art Workers' Guild (1958)
Known for
Creating the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery. Official war artist for the Norwegian government during WWII. Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors
Political party
Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
Tomb of Karl Marx, by Laurence Bradshaw
Laurence Henderson Bradshaw (11 March 1899 – 1 April 1978) was an English sculptor, printmaker, and artist.[1][2] Bradshaw was a life-long socialist and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in the 1930s, remaining a member for the rest of his life.[3][4] He is most famous for being the sculptor who created the bust of Karl Marx for the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery.[4][5]
During his career, he also painted posters for Transport London, the Spanish International Brigades, the British-Soviet Friendship Society, and also the Marx Memorial Library.
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^"Artist: Laurence Bradshaw". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
^Christine Lindey. "Laurence Bradshaw obituary". Morning Star obituary of Laurence Bradshaw. Morning Star via Graham Stevenson. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
^ abMeddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. UK: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.
^Stevenson, Graham (19 September 2008). "Bradshaw Laurence". Encyclopedia of Communist Biographies. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
Laurence Henderson Bradshaw (11 March 1899 – 1 April 1978) was an English sculptor, printmaker, and artist. Bradshaw was a life-long socialist and joined...
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Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022. Bradshaw, Peter (December 8, 2021). "Don't Look Up review – slapstick apocalypse...
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critical success. That same year he portrayed Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn (2011). Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised Branagh's performance...
Intuition". The Bradshaw Foundation. Retrieved 29 August 2020. "Symbolic Sculpture The Collected Works of John Robinson Genesis". The Bradshaw Foundation....
The 2023 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 2 April 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Hannah Waddingham. 12 October 2022: Ceremony date set...
Warehouse in December 2000, which won the 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Lucy-Anne Bradshaw was born in Bristol. She attended St Mary Redcliffe...
Prima Facie, which earned her an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Following its transfer to Broadway in 2023, she won a Tony...
from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Gibbons, Laurence (18 March 2021). "3/18 NXT UK TV results: Gibbons' review of Jordan Devlin...
Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016. Bradshaw, Peter (March 3, 2006). "Syriana". The Guardian. Archived from the original...
ethic; it was very disciplined." He was influenced by the performances of Laurence Olivier and the writings of theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, saying "the combination...
naturally he's a class act". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2014. Peter Bradshaw (15 December 2011). "Wreckers – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September...
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