Mother and Child, Norwich Cathedral Close - Norwich, Norfolk - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The plaster was first exhibited at Woodstock Gallery, London 1958, and the Bronze commissioned by Norfolk Contemporary Art Society, 1974.

"The group of Mother and Child had been left as a plaster model in the studio of the artist in the possession of his widow Irena. She made the this available to the Norfolk Contemporary Art Society for their first commission, cast by John Gallizia at a cost of £4,320.

The pose is inspired by myriad versions of the Christ Child with the Virgin Mary but the iconography is not specifically Christian. The mother is seated with exposed breasts - presumably to feed the large child she holds across her lap. Fullard had treated the theme of Mother and Child in an earlier bust-length bronze of 1956. That fitted with his early preoccupation with the concept of 'realism' endorsed by the influential critic and writer John Berger. The later Norwich group with its heavily modelled surfaces and a Picasso-inspired treatment of forms is an example of Herbert Read's description of British sculpture of the post war years as the 'geometry of fear'. Picasso offered Fullard further inspiration for assemblages from 1959 onwards and his inspired use of 'found' wood. "

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Mother and Child Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: George Fullard Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Designed 1958, cast 1978 , Installed 1978 Materials used: Bronze H 163 cm W 66 cm D 66 cm Location: Religious, in Cathedral Close

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