Saving of Charles Anderson's Burnley Sculpture
September, 2011
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| Detailed Section of the 150 ft Mural by Charles Anderson |
Possibly the longest sculptural frieze in the UK (150ft long and 9ft high) has now been saved for posterity.
Constructed in precast concrete panels in 1974 the frieze ran the full length of the main facade of The Thomson Sports Centre, Burnley. The building was demolished in 2009 and the panels carefully removed, section by section from the building. The local Burnley Council made strenuous efforts to have the panels re-sited within the town with the help of local interested groups and received an offer of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Sadly the onset of the current recession and Government cutbacks forced the project to be abandoned. All seemed lost in spite of efforts by the Twentieth Century Society to highlight its plight.
However this important major work by sculptor Charles Anderson has now been installed in a new setting within the town due entirely to the efforts and finance of local businessman Andrew Brown of Crow Wood Leisure Ltd, Burnley (who purchased the frieze from Burnley Council and carefully stored the panels for two years). To mark the completion of its installation at Crow Wood Leisure Centre in Burnley by the Mayor of Burnley Coun. David Heginbotham unveiled a plaque in front of the frieze at a ceremony on Friday, 2nd September 2011. See report in the Burnley Express. |
Exhibitions
Exhibition held at the Glasgow Art Club
Held
- 3rd to 19th November 2007
'The President's Retrospective'
An exhibition of paintings by Charles Anderson RSW, President of the Glasgow Art Club - The work contained photographic archive material from the artist's 35 year career as an architectural sculptor and mural painter which can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnails below: - |
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| Click on the thumbnails to download pdf versions of displays of some of Charles Anderson's works as a Mural Designer and Sculptor. |
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'Still Life in Blue' |
| Major Exhibitions |
He exhibits paintings at the following Galleries:
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The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton
31 High Street Eton, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6AX
www.cfag.co.uk/ |
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The Edinburgh Gallery
20a, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ
www.art-edinburgh.com/ |
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The Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HU
www.glasgowartclub.co.uk |
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Richard Hagen Fine Art Gallery
High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire
www.richardhagen.com/ |
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Green Gallery
The Coachhouse, Ballamenoch, Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire FK8 3NX
www.greengallery.com/ |
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The Jerdan Gallery
42 Marketgate South, Crail, Fife, KY10 3TL
www.thejerdangallery.com/ |
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The Leith Gallery
65, the Shore, Edinburgh, EH6 6RA, UK
www.the-leith-gallery.co.uk/ |
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Lime Tree Gallery
Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9JF
www.limetreegallery.com/ |
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