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Post by spikey on Jan 28, 2015 21:20:54 GMT
A couple of examples of William Bloyes work, the lower is Pan, which was above the side entrance at the Good Companions Coventry Rd cnr Steyning Rd and the second is from the Fox and Grapes pub corner of Fox Hollies Rd and Olton Boulevard, this piece is now mounted in the wall of the Aldi supermarket that now occupies the site. Bloye has hundreds of works all over the City and countrywide his studio was at 111 Golden Hillock Rd and is now marked with a blue plaque on the current building, City College. Attachments:
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Post by mac on Jan 29, 2015 10:03:22 GMT
Spikey
It was the Fox Hollies pub on Fox Hollies Rd as was the tree a Holly Tree, the Fox & Grapes was on Freeman St - Park St would that be the one you were thinking about?
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Post by mac on Jan 29, 2015 12:10:08 GMT
I have been a great admirer of William Bloye's work ever since I began to appreciate some works of sculpture in my mid twenties. Here is a photo of the man himself working on one of his best known works the Bolton Watt & Murdoch trio that stands outside what used to be Birmingham registers office on Broad Street, known affectionately to some local as "The Paperhangers" in this photo he is seen working on the "Watt" figure.
I have also included an image of the blue plaque that is positioned near to where his workshop on Golden Hillock Rd was located as stated by spikey Attachments:
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Post by mac on Feb 1, 2015 13:49:41 GMT
Another fantastic work by William Bloye, take a look next time you pass that way. So many of Birmingham's works of art are above eye level and we rarely look up enough to see them
Allegories of Art and Industry, Above the Great Charles Street door of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery c1919,
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Post by mac on Feb 3, 2015 12:10:36 GMT
This would have to be the most well know work by William Bloye for us Brummy's the statue of the three most famous men of the Industrial Revolution Bolton, Murdoch & Watt that is displayed in it's new gilt coat outside what was once Birmingham Registrars Office on Broad Street. Attachments:
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