List of public art in Dorset
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This is a list of public art in Dorset, in England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.
Bournemouth[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future | Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth 50°43′24″N 1°52′03″W / 50.723246°N 1.867461°W |
Rick Walker[1] | ||||||
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A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset | Pier Approach, Bournemouth 50°43′01″N 1°52′34″W / 50.716817°N 1.876021°W |
Tiles | Tile designs created by students of Secondary Schools in Bournemouth and Poole during HIV/AIDS awareness workshops run by DAMSET (Dorset AIDS Memorial Schools Educational Trust).[2] | |||||
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Lewis Tregonwell | Exeter Road, Bournemouth 50°43′01″N 1°52′40″W / 50.716819°N 1.877876°W |
Jonathan Sells[3] | Purbeck stone from St. Aldhelm's Head, Dorset. | 3' x 2'6" x 7'6" | ||||
Muriel | Exeter Road, Bournemouth 50°43′09″N 1°52′49″W / 50.7191°N 1.8803°W |
Aubrey Beardsley |
Bovington[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Memorial Statue | Bovington Tank Museum, Bovington | Vivien Mallock after George Henry Paulin | Resin |
Poole[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of Robert Baden-Powell | The Quay, Poole 50°42′43″N 1°59′09″W / 50.71195°N 1.98592°W |
2008 | David Annand | Bronze | facing Brownsea Island.[4][5] |
Weymouth and Osmington[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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Osmington White Horse | Osmington Hill, Osmington 50°39′27″N 2°24′16″W / 50.65741°N 2.40438°W |
1808 | Chalk | The rider is King George III. | ||||
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Statue of Queen Victoria | Outside St John's Church, The Esplanade, Weymouth | 1902 | George Blackall Simonds | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and Portland stone | 7m tall | [6] | |
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War memorial | The Esplanade, Weymouth | 1921 | Francis William Doyle Jones | Cenotaph | Portland stone | 5.3m tall | [7][8] |
Portland[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
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'Hearth'. | Tout Quarry 50.553078, -2.443941 |
1989 | Tim Shutter | Portland Stone | 183 x 152 cm | A simple fire place carved directly into the quarry face. A corner of domesticity in what can be a harsh environment. |
Other[]
Dorset was once considered for a hill figure of Marilyn Monroe, but the figure was never made.[9]
References[]
- ^ http://thedayswelivefor.com/2016/04/05/bournemouth-a-history-of-shaping-the-future/
- ^ Details taken from information incorporated into the art work
- ^ https://www.jonathan-sells.com/project/tregonwell-creeke-statue/
- ^ "Baden-Powell Returns To Poole Quay". Borough of Poole. 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
- ^ Cartlidge, Sarah. "Everything you need to know about the Baden-Powell statue". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue (1272145)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Weymouth Cenotaph (1393111)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Weymouth Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/hillfigs/arch/designs.htm
Categories:
- Dorset building and structure stubs
- United Kingdom art museum and gallery stubs
- Lists of public art in England
- Tourist attractions in Dorset
- English art