Vincent Browne (sculptor)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Vincent Browne (born 1947) is an Irish sculptor.
Biography
Template:Update Browne was born in Dublin in 1947. He studied at the National College of Art and Design<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands. In 1987, Browne represented Ireland in Budapest at the 7th International Small Sculpture Show.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He created a well-loved Dublin landmark, Mr. Screen, the squat bronze usher who stood outside the Screen Cinema at the junction of Hawkins Street and Townsend Street in Dublin for many years.<ref>Mr. Screen in Google Street View. Retrieved: 2012-01-10.</ref> Mr Screen was made from two immersion water heaters and was relocated to the Savoy Cinema after the closure of the Screen.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His public commissions also include Anti-War Memorial (Limerick, 1987) and the bronze Palm Tree seat in Temple Bar, Dublin.<ref name=":1" />
In 2005, Browne was commissioned to create a sculpture for the exterior of the Blanchardstown Civic Offices called The Tree of Life.<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable works
- Anti-War Memorial, Limerick (1987)
- Mr. Screen, Dublin (1988)
- Palm Tree, Dublin<ref name=":1" />
- The Tree of Life (2005)<ref name=":2" />
- Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Memorial Sculpture (2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Gallery
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