PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD
Pope,
Ronald
Mother and Two Children, 1953
Brookhouse Junior School, Beighton
Hadene stone
On the exterior of a building at Brookhouse Junior School, School Road, Beighton. No public access, though the piece is visible from the road. (A-Z p.115 4H)
The carving is made in Hadene stone from quarries in Cromford, Derbyshire. At that time Beighton was in Derbyshire and press reports emphasize the fact that a Derbyshire School received a sculpture made from Derbyshire stone.
Comment:
Pope worked as a draughtsman for Rolls Royce during the war and then studied
sculpture and painting at the Slade School from 1945-1948. He was resident
in Ticknall, Derbyshire at the time that this piece was made.
Our thanks to Ronald Pope's daughter who contacted us with this information
about her father's work.
References: [1] ?Daily Mail?,
27 February 1953. p. 23
