List of public art in Knightsbridge
This is a list of public art in Knightsbridge, a district in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.
City of Westminster
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Architect / other | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Stags | Albert Gate 51°30′09″N 0°09′31″W |
before 1839 | Peter Turnerelli after Francesco Bartolozzi | Thomas Cubitt | Statues on gateposts | Grade II | Formerly stood at the Piccadilly entrance to the Deputy Ranger's Lodge in Green Park; Cubitt acquired the stags prior to the building's demolition. The gates and stone piers are twentieth-century replacements for Cubitt's originals of 1844–45.[1] | |
Drinking fountain | Outside The Lanesborough 51°30′07″N 0°09′09″W |
1860 | ? | N/A | Drinking fountain | Grade II* (with old hospital building) | One of the earliest gifts of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association; the hotel building behind was originally St George's Hospital, which was felt to be a particularly appropriate location for a drinking fountain.[2] | |
Triga | 1 Knightsbridge Green (formerly Caltex House) | 1958 | Franta Belsky | Stone, Toms and Partners (1955–1957) Hurley, Robertson and Associates (2001 refurbishment) |
Sculptural group | N/A | [3][4] | |
More images |
The Rush of Green or The Bowater House Group | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′09″N 0°09′44″W |
1959 | Jacob Epstein | N/A | Sculptural group | Grade II | Unveiled April 1961. A mother, father, child and dog, driven by the sound of Pan's pipes, rush towards Hyde Park. Epstein was adding the finishing touches to the group on the night he died.[5] |
Four Season | Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, south façade | 1961 | Elisabeth Frink | Michael Rosenhauer | Reliefs | N/A | [6] | |
Hyde Park Gates | Edinburgh Gate 51°30′08″N 0°09′38″W |
2010 | Wendy Ramshaw | N/A | Gates | N/A | Commissioned from the artist and jeweller as part of the One Hyde Park residential development.[7] | |
Search for Enlightenment | One Hyde Park 51°30′09″N 0°09′41″W |
2011 | Simon Gudgeon | N/A | Sculptures | N/A | Unveiled 19 January 2012 to mark the first anniversary of One Hyde Park.[8] The developers, Candy & Candy, had previously installed a cast of the work at Riverside Walk Gardens, Millbank, in 2011. |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Memorial to the victims of the 1983 Harrod's bombing | Harrod's | 1985 | George Cook | Stele and plaque | N/A | The memorial to the police officers killed erected by the Police Memorial Trust, that of the civilians killed by the borough council.[9] |
References
- Greenacombe, John, ed. (2000), "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: Albert Gate", Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge, Institute of Historical Research, retrieved 9 August 2012
- Historic England. "St George's Hospital and Attached Drinking Fountain (1277491)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- "Franta Belsky", The Telegraph, 7 July 2000, retrieved 30 September 2013
- One Knightsbridge Green, Emporis, retrieved 30 September 2013
- Greenacombe, John, ed. (2000), "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court: West of Albert Gate", Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge, Institute of Historical Research, retrieved 2 June 2012
- Archived August 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Hyde Park Gates, Inspired Metal, archived from the original on 28 January 2012, retrieved 23 January 2015
- Search for Enlightenment unveiled at One Hyde Park, Candy & Candy, 24 January 2012, retrieved 7 June 2013
- Nolan & Starren 2012, no. 38.
Bibliography
- Nolan, David; Starren, Caroline (2012), On Public View: A journey around the sculpture of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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