Edwin Russell (artist)
English sculptor (1939–2013)
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Edwin John Cumming Russell (1939–2013), who was born in Heathfield, Sussex,[1] was an English sculptor. He studied at the Brighton School of Art and the Royal Academy School.
He was married to fellow sculptor Lorne McKean.[2] They worked together in sculpting the Suffragette Memorial, an outdoor sculpture in Victoria, London, commemorating those who fought for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.[3][4] The memorial was unveiled in 1970.[5]
His sculpture in Warrington, Mad Hatter's Tea Party, was unveiled by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1984.[6]
With the architect John Chitty he created the Tower Hill Sundial in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.[1] The sundial is outside the entrance to Tower Hill tube station and was commissioned by London Underground in 1990.[7]
Russell died on 16 February 2013.[8]
