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{{Short description|English sculptor (1890–1975)}}
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| birth_name    = William James Bloye
| birth_date    = 8 July 1890<ref>{{cite web|title=William James Bloye ARBS|url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1204117746|website=Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951|publisher=University of Glasgow History of Art|access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Birmingham]], England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=yes|1975|6|6|1890|7|8}}
| death_place    = [[Arezzo]], Italy
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| field         = Sculpture
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'''William James Bloye'''  {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRBS|ARBSA}} (8 July 1890 – 6 June 1975) was an English  sculptor, active in [[Birmingham]] either side of [[World War II]]. After serving in [[World War I]], Bloye studied and later taught at the [[Birmingham School of Art]]. Becoming a member of the [[Birmingham Civic Society]] in 1925, he played a significant role as Birmingham's unofficial civic sculptor, contributing to various public commissions. Bloye was a member of the [[Royal Society of Sculptors|Royal British Society of Sculptors]], attaining the status of fellow in 1938. His association with the  [[Royal Birmingham Society of Artists]] (RBSA) included serving as its president from 1948 to 1950 and as the Professor of Sculpture. He retired in 1956 and died away in 1975.

==Life==

Bloye studied, and later, taught at the [[Birmingham School of Art]] (his training was interrupted by [[World War I]], when he served in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] from 1915 to 1917;<ref name="CityCol">{{cite web|url=http://www.citycol.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?id=271|title=Life of Birmingham sculptor William Bloye commemorated|date=December 2010|publisher=City College|access-date=11 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721204539/http://www.citycol.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?id=271|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> he was eventually succeeded at Birmingham by [[John Bridgeman (sculptor)|John Bridgeman]]), where his pupils included [[Gordon Herickx]], [[Roy Kitchin]], [[Raymond Mason (sculptor)|Raymond Mason]], [[John Poole (sculptor)|John Poole]] and [[Ian Walters]]. He also studied stone-carving and letter cutting under [[Eric Gill]] around 1921.

[[File:William Bloye blue plaque.jpg|thumb|right|Blue plaque at Golden Hillock Road]]

In 1925 Bloye became a member of the [[Birmingham Civic Society]], having, at about that time, a studio at 111, Golden Hillock Road, [[Small Heath, Birmingham|Small Heath]], Birmingham. As Birmingham's unofficial civic sculptor he worked on virtually all public commissions including libraries, hospitals and the University. He often carved [[bas-relief]] plaques, typically for [[public house]]s in Birmingham, and decorated a number of buildings by the architect [[Holland W. Hobbiss]]. During the 1920s, he served on the Technical Committee of the Birmingham Civic Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BM/WMbiBIxx031.htm|title=Ornamental Fountain|work=National Recording Project|publisher=Public Monument and Sculpture Association|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824161443/http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BM/WMbiBIxx031.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bloye became a member of the [[Royal British Society of Sculptors]]: associate (with the honorific suffix ARBS) in 1934, and fellow (FRBS) in 1938. He also won the latter's [[Otto Beit Medal]]. Retiring from the School of Art in 1956 he moved to [[Solihull]]. He died in [[Arezzo]], Italy in 1975.

In December 2010, a [[blue plaque]] was unveiled at [[City College, Birmingham|City College]], on the site of his former studio.<ref name="CityCol" />

As of January 2010, Birmingham City Council are working on the restoration of Bloye's statue of [[Pan (god)|Pan]] at [[Aston Hall]]. The statue's head is missing, and they have appealed for old photographs to assist in its reconstruction.<ref name="BCC-Pan-1" />

== Royal Birmingham Society of Artists ==
[[File:William Bloye autograph.jpg|thumb|alt=William J Bloye, 111 Golden Hillock Rd, Small Heath, sculptor|William Bloye's entry in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists members' register; in his own hand. Dated 1930]]
Bloye was closely associated with the [[Royal Birmingham Society of Artists]]. Although the two 1919 bronze plaques at the RBSA entrance are the earliest known work by Bloye in Birmingham, he became a member only in 1930.<ref name="RBSA-1930-Spring">{{cite book|last=Anon|year=1930|title=The Spring Exhibition, 1930 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}</ref> After a period as vice-president, he became president in 1948<ref name="RBSA-1948-Autumn">{{cite book|last=Anon|year=1948|title=Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition 1948 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}</ref> and served in that role until 1950. He was also the RBSA's Professor of Sculpture<ref name="RBSA-1948-Autumn" /> from the mid-1940s until at least 1961<ref name="RBSA-1961-Spring">{{cite book |last=Anon|year=1961|title=The Second Spring Exhibition, 1961 (catalogue)|publisher=RBSA}}</ref> (after which time the post is no longer mentioned in the annual catalogues).<ref>RBSA catalogues, 1962 onwards</ref>

The Society's permanent collection includes one of his works, a life-size plaster bust, ''Head of Man''.<ref name="RBSA-B43">RBSA archives, catalogue number B43</ref> It is undated and not usually on display. The subject's name is not recorded.

==Selected public works==
===1919===
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| image =  Birmingham Feeny Art Gallery Bloy.jpg
| subject = ''Allegories of Art and Industry''
| location = Above north-west door of [[Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery]] (The Feeney Gallery extension), Great Charles Street
| date = c. {{Start date|1919}}
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.4811| -1.9050|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = William Bloye RBSA Coat of Arms.jpg
| subject = Bronze Plaques
| location = [[Royal Birmingham Society of Artists]]
| date = {{Start date|1919}}
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.484891| -1.907520|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Formerly at the Society's old headquarters on New Street<ref name="Noszlopy"/>
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===1920–1929===
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| image = Supreme Works 186 Soho Hill - Bloye - Lion Pediment lions.jpg
| commonscat = Bloye reliefs on Supreme Works, Birmingham
| subject = ''Lion Pediment'' and ''Seated Craftsmen''
| location = Supreme Works, 186 Soho Hill, Handsworth
| date = {{Start date|1922}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material = Stone
| coordinates = {{coord|52.50018|-1.92123|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Carnegie Welfare Institure - Sculpture Maternity - Bloye.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Maternity''
| location =  Carnegie Welfare Institute, Hunter's Road, Hockley
| date = c. 1923–6
| type =
| material = Painted mahogany
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.49712|-1.91522|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye Hall of Memory - Call - Frontline - Return.jpg
| subject = ''Call'', ''Front Line'' and ''Return''
| location = [[Hall of Memory (Birmingham)|Hall of Memory]], [[Broad Street, Birmingham|Broad Street]]
| date = {{Start date|1925}}
| type = Interior bas-relief carvings
| material =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.4795|-1.9070|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye sculptures on Sun Insurance building, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham 84.JPG
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Sun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill
| subject = Sun and lettering
| location =  Sun Insurance Building, [[Bennetts Hill]]
| date = 1927
| type = Bas-relief
| material = Stone
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.47991|-1.90025|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye Fox and Hollybush sculpture.jpg
| subject = ''Fox and Hollybush''
| location = [[Acocks Green]]
| date = {{Start date|1927}}–8
| type = Bas-relief
| material =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.44408|-1.83418|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes = From former Fox Hollies pub.<ref name="Noszlopy" /> Now on Lidl supermarket
}}
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| image = Dudley Council House.jpg
| subject = Coat of arms and two lion reliefs
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1928}}
| type = 
| material =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5122|-2.0841|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| notes = Façade on Council House<ref name="NoszlopySBC">{{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|title=Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=2005|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbfVkHMTC0cC |isbn=978-0-85323-999-4}}</ref>
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| image = Bloye Dudley George and the Dragon and flagpoles.jpg
| subject = War Memorial: ''George and the Dragon'' and lions on flagpoles
| location = Town Hall, Priory Street, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1928}}
| type = 
| material =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5115|-2.0844|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| notes = Also four bronze lions (1936) on flagpoles, Town Hall tower<ref name="NoszlopySBC" />
}}
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| image =  Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium Bloye stag 94.jpg
| subject = Running stag
| location = [[Perry Barr Stadium]]
| date = {{Start date|1929}}
| type = [[Bas-relief]]
| material = Stone
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.519192| -1.897717|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes = Logo of [[Birchfield Harriers]]. Attributed.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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| image = The Antelope, Sparkhill.jpg
| subject = ''The Antelope''
| location = [[Sparkhill]]
| date = c. {{Start date|1929}}
| type = Bas-relief pub sign
| material =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.453362| -1.865753|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| notes = Designed by Bloye, sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image =
| subject = ''Allegory of Painting''
| location = Former Art Gallery, Avenue Road, Leamington Spa
| date = {{Start date|1929}}
| type = 
| material = Sandstone
| coordinates =
| notes = Life-size female nude<ref name="NoszlopyWarks">{{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|title=Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=2003|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=6|isbn=0-85323-847-2}}</ref>
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===1930–1940===
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| image =  Aesculapius on Birmingham Chest Clinic.jpg
| subject = ''[[Aesculapius]]''
| location = Chest Clinic, Great Charles Street
| date = 1930
| type = Relief carving
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.4817| -1.9047|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}

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| image = William Bloye - Golden Eagle pub sign - 2025-11-12 - Andy Mabbett.jpg
| subject = ''[[Golden Eagle, Birmingham|Golden Eagle]]''
| location = Hill Street, Birmingham
| date = c. 1930
| type = Relief sculpture
| material = Metal
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.478612|-1.902577|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =Now displayed at [[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery]]
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| image = L&G Assurance Building 7 Waterloo Street - Bloye Wisdom 561.jpg
| subject = ''Wisdom, Fortitude, Charity, Faith''
| location = Legal and General Assurance Building, 7 Waterloo Street
| date = {{Start date|1932}}
| type = Four bas relief panels
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.480405|-1.900024|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Exterior high level bas-relief carvings.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Legal and General Assurance Building 7 Waterloo Street
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| image = Bournville St Francis William Bloye tympanum.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Sermon to the Birds''
| location = [[St Francis of Assisi's Church, Bournville]]
| date = 1933
| type =
| material = Oak
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.42902|-1.93558|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
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| notes = Part of Grade II listed building.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Aston Hall Pan Piper 1989 (cropped).jpg
| subject = ''[[Pan (god)|Pan]]''
| location = [[Aston Hall]], Birmingham
| date = {{Start date|1934}}
| type =
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.50658|-1.88577|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =<ref name="BCC-Pan-1">{{cite web|url=http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=15389|title=The mystery of the headless statue|date=17 January 2011|work=Birmingham Newsroom|publisher=[[Birmingham City Council]]|access-date=17 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye vase at Aston Hall.JPG
| subject = Two stone vases
| location = [[Aston Hall]], Birmingham
| date = {{Start date|1934}}
| type = Vases
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{br separated entries|{{coord|52.50666|-1.88519|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}|{{coord|52.50642|-1.88524|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}}}
| owner = [[Birmingham City Council]]
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Perry Common Library Bloye 73.jpg
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Perry Common Library
| subject = ''Lamp of Knowledge''
| location = Perry Common Library
| date = c. {{Start date|1934}}
| type = Bas-relief
| material = stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.535590|-1.875583|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Brookvale Pub sign - Bloye.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Brookvale Pub''
| location = [[Erdington]]
| date = 1934
| type = Pub sign with putto and grapes
| material = Painted stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.51399|-1.85737|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye Dudley columns and heads.jpg
| subject = Capitals and Heads
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5122|-2.0841|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes =<ref name="NoszlopySBC" />
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| image =
| subject = ''Dudley from the Wren's Nest''
| location = Council House, Priory Road, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| type = Two reliefs
| material = Plaster
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5121|-2.0844|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes = Within building – at entrance to council chamber and entrance to committee reception room<ref name="NoszlopySBC" />
}}
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| image = New Oxford House 16 Waterloo Street - Bloye capital 507.JPG
| subject = Capitals and pediment sculptures
| location = New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| type =
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.479942|-1.901489|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Exterior: two capitals, shield above door and upstairs pediment and putto<ref name="Noszlopy" />
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on New Oxford House 16 Waterloo Street
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| image = Bloye Dudleys Past.jpg
| subject = ''Dudley's Past''
| location = Town Hall, corner of Priory Road and Priory Street, Dudley
| date = {{Start date|1935}}
| type =
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| coordinates = {{Coord|52.5120|-2.0839|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
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| notes =<ref name="NoszlopySBC" />
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| image = Bloye - Mother and Child + Young Child Playing.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject =  ''Mother and Child'', ''Young Child Playing''
| location = 90 Lancaster Street, Birmingham
| date = c. 1935
| type = Bas-relief
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.48731|-1.89370|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Christ Church, Burney Lane, Birmingham - Bloye - Latin Cross.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''The Good Shepherd'' and ''Latin Cross''
| location = [[Christ Church, Ward End]]
| date = c. 1935
| type = Bas-relief
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates =  {{coord|52.48984|-1.82130|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Art deco carving by William Bloye (doorway to the Royal Oak Public House, Lozells, Birmingham, England).jpg
| subject = ''Royal Oak''
| location = [[Lozells]]
| date = c. 1936
| type =
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.502687|-1.900501|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Decoration around the doorway of a former pub (now a shop). Formerly brightly painted<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image =  The Towers pub sign front of pub.jpg
| subject = ''The Towers''
| location = [[Tower Hill, West Midlands|Tower Hill]], [[Great Barr]]
| date = 1936
| type =
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.535574|-1.92062|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image =
| subject = ''St. Nicholas Rescuing the Three Children''
| location = John Shelton School, Coventry (former)
| date = 1936
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| notes = Lost after the school was demolished in 1999<ref name="NoszlopyWarks" />
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| image = Yardley Wood Library Bloye 10.jpg
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures on Yardley Wood Library
| subject = ''Spirit of Knowledge''
| location = Yardley Wood Library
| date = c. 1936
| type = Bas-relief
| material = stone
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.41856|-1.85970|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes =<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = The Bear, Sparkhill crop.jpg
| subject = ''Bear and Staff''
| location = The Bear Inn, Stratford Road, Sparkhill
| date = c. 1937
| type = Bas-relief
| material =
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.448235|-1.861201|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Pub sign, depicting symbol of [[Warwickshire]], in which the area was located at the time of installation.<ref name="Noszlopy" /> By September 2022 the Bear sculpture has been covered over by a new restaurant to be called Chai Green.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/iconic-sparkhill-pub-transformed-60-24941099|title=Iconic Sparkhill pub The Bear to be transformed into 60 seater South Asian restaurant 'Chai Green'|author=Anisah Vasta|date=8 September 2022|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]}}</ref>
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| image =  William Bloye - Boars Head.JPG
| subject = ''The Boar's Head''
| location = The Boar's Head, [[Perry Barr]]
| date = c. 1938
| type =
| material = Wood
| dimensions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.529153| -1.895465|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Painted pub sign with model of a boar's head, on a pole.<ref name="Noszlopy">{{cite book|last=Noszlopy|first=George T.|author-link=George T. Noszlopy|title=Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=1998|series=Public Sculpture of Britain|volume=2|isbn=0-85323-682-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/publicsculptureo0000nosz}}</ref> Taken from the arms of the [[Gough-Calthorpe family]] of nearby [[Perry Hall, Birmingham|Perry Hall]]
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| image = Yardley Library doorway Bloye.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Library Emblem''
| location =  Yardley Library, [[Yardley, Birmingham|Yardley]]
| date = 1938
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| coordinates =  {{coord|52.461| -1.816|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
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| image = Aesculapius on University of Birmingham Medical School - Bloye.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Aesculapius''
| location =  Medical School, University of Birmingham
| date = c. 1938
| type =
| material =
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| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.45190|-1.93813|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye Apollo statue Dudley.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Apollo fountain''
| location = Coronation Gardens, Ednam Road, Dudley
| date = 1939
| type = Sculpture on top of fountain
| material =
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| coordinates ={{Coord|52.51277|-2.08337|type:landmark_region:GB-DUD}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="NoszlopySBC" /> The model was international gymnast and basketball player [[Fred Starkey]].<ref name="Starkey">{{cite journal|last=Anon|date=2 April 2001|title=Former city man tribute|journal=[[Birmingham Mail|Birmingham Evening Mail]]|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17734402.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174915/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17734402.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2015}} – via [[HighBeam Research]]</ref> The plaster models are in the collection of [[Birmingham Museums Trust]].<ref>Accession numbers: 1991P111; 1991P112</ref>
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| image = Huntsman and Dog on the Green Man pub - Bloye - facing right.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Huntsman and Dog''
| location = The Green Man Pub, High Street, [[Harborne]]
| date = c. 1940
| type = Pub sign
| material = Painted wood
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.46138|-1.94301|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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===1950–1959===
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| image = Victoria Statue in Victoria Square Birmingham.jpg
| commonscat = Statue of Queen Victoria, Birmingham
| subject = ''[[Queen Victoria]]''
| location = [[Victoria Square, Birmingham|Victoria Square]]
| date = 1951
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze and stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.479628|-1.902998|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes = Recast from a 1901 marble statue by [[Thomas Brock]]<ref name="Noszlopy" /><ref name="Users">{{cite book|publisher=English Heritage / PMSA|year=2000|title=A User's Guide to Public Sculpture |isbn=185074776-8}}</ref>
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| image = Statue of Christ on All Saints church, Coneyford Road, Shard End, Birmingham - Bloye.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Christ''
| location = [[All Saints' Church, Shard End]]
| date = 1951–5
| type = Statue in niche
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.49454|-1.77601|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Josiah Mason - geograph.org.uk - 13861.jpg
| commonscat = Josiah Mason bust - William Bloye after Francis John Williamson
| subject = ''[[Josiah Mason]]''
| location = Junction of Chester Road & Orphanage Road, [[Erdington]]
| date = 1952
| type = Bust on plinth
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.531556| -1.825128|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Cast from a 1885 marble statue (subsequently destroyed) by [[Francis John Williamson]], which stood opposite Mason Science College in [[Edmund Street]]<ref name="Noszlopy" />
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| image = Bloye University of Birmingham Mechanical Engineering bas relief.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Engineering''
| location = Mechanical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham
| date = 1954
| type = Bas-relief
| material =
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.44928|-1.93509|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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| image =  Boulton, Watt and Murdoch.jpg
| commonscat = Statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, Birmingham
| subject = ''[[Boulton, Watt and Murdoch]]''
| location = Broad Street
| date = {{Start date|1956}}
| type = Three statues on plinth
| material = Gilded bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.478587|-1.908395|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner = Birmingham City Council
| notes = [[Matthew Boulton]], [[James Watt]] and [[William Murdoch]]<ref name="Users"/>
}}
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| image = Skirrow.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject =  ''[[John Skirrow Wright]]''
| location = [[Birmingham Council House]]
| date = 1956
| type = Bust
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.480082| -1.902760|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Cast from a marble statue (subsequently destroyed) by Francis John Williamson<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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| image = Bloye sculpture of St Alphage on Infant School Solihull.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject =  ''St. Alphege''
| location = St. Alphege CofE Infants School, New Road, Solihull
| date = 1959
| type =
| material =
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.41148|-1.77450 |type:landmark_region:GB-SOL}}
| owner =
| notes = Restored in 1994<ref name="NoszlopyWarks" />
}}
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===1960–1974===
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| image =  Bloye BUGS mermaid, bronze.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Mermaid fountain''
| location = [[University of Birmingham]] Guild of Students
| date = 1960
| type = Fountain
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.44927| -1.927225|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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| image = Bloye BUGS mermaid, stone.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Mermaid''
| location =  [[University of Birmingham Guild of Students]]
| date = 1960
| type = Wall mounted sculpture
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.44951|-1.92741|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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| image = The Mermaid, Sparkhill.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = Decoration
| location = The Mermaid (public house), Sparkhill
| date = c. 1960
| type =
| material =
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.456861| -1.868761|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Bas-relief pub sign attributed to Alan Bridgewater.<ref name="Noszlopy" /> Now missing (since 2012) after two fires and the roof was rebuilt. Now a venue here called Farro's.
}}
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| image =  StatueFostersMillCambridge.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''[[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]] – Goddess of Corn''
| location = CB1, Mill Park, Cambridge
| date = 1962
| type = Sculpture
| material = Bronze and concrete
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates =
| owner =
| notes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridgesculpturetrails.co.uk/?page_id=13&objectId=south_cambridge|title=Trail 1 – South Cambridge|website=Cambridge Sculpture Trails|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
}}
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| image = 
| commonscat =
| subject = [[Wilfred Byng Kenrick]]
| location = [[The International School (Birmingham)|Byng Kenrick Grammar School For Girls]]
| date = 1962, unveiled 1963
| type = Bust
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates =
| owner =
| notes = Lost, believed stolen.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Bloye shield on Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham set.JPG
| commonscat = Bloye sculptures at Fountain Court Building, Steelhouse Lane
| subject = Heraldic sculptures
| location =  Fountain Court, Steelhouse Lane
| date = 1964
| type = Bas-reliefs
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.48370|-1.89494|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = A bronze statue of a girl in a fountain in a private courtyard at the same location is by Bloye.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Birmingham Dental Hospital Coat of Arms.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = Coat of Arms
| location = Birmingham Dental Hospital
| date = c. 1973
| type =
| material = Fibreglass
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates =  {{Coord|52.485875| -1.895101|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = Now removed.<ref name="Noszlopy" />
}}
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===Date unknown===
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| image =  Bloye - Head of Man.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = Head of Man
| location = Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
| date =
| type =
| material = Plaster
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates =
| owner =
| notes = <ref name="RBSA-B43" />
}}
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| image = Moseley School ceiling panels 83.jpg
| commonscat = Moseley School assembly hall ceiling panels
| subject = Ten ceiling panels
| location = Old Assembly Hall, [[Moseley School]]
| date =
| type =
| material =
| dimensions =
| designation =
| coordinates = {{coord|52.44066|-1.86433|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR}}
| owner =
| notes = <ref>[http://www.moseleians.co.uk/index2.asp?id=126&bid=P28&Title=William_Bloye The Moseleians Association – Moseley School and the work of William Bloye (1890–1975)]</ref>
}}
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==References==
{{Commons category|William Bloye}}
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{{Public art in Birmingham}}

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