Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

George Fullard
'Running Woman', 'Mother and Child' & 'Angry Woman', sited 1985
Forecourt of the Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street
bronze (from plaster casts)



Location:
Placed in the forecourt of the Upper Chapel (by kind permission of the Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street). The courtyard was renovated in 2000. (A-Z p. 5 3E)

Description:
The women are represented in various states of motion and emotion.

Commission:
The original pieces, made in plaster, were bought by Sheffield City Council Arts Department in 1983 and cast into bronze in 1985. Casting was carried out at the Morris-Singer Foundry.

Comment:
Though placed as natural occupants of the forecourt, the figures do not really seem comfortable or wholly compatible placed together, but individually they are marvellous examples of Fullard's style.
‘Mother & Child’ , made in plaster in 1956, was first shown in an exhibition entitled ‘Looking at People’ at the South London Art Gallery in 1957. ‘Running Woman’, (plaster - 1957) was shown at the first John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1957-1958. ‘Angry Woman’, (plaster - 1958) was shown at the South London Art Gallery in 1960.
George Fullard (1923-1973) trained at Sheffield Art College, which is now part of Sheffield Hallam University.

Further Information on Fullard is available from the Psalter Lane Campus Library's Special Collections web page. A major exhibition on the work of George Fullard was shown in Sheffield in Summer 1998. For further details please contact Richard Swift, the Campus Manager.



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