Siegfried Joseph Charoux
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Siegfried Joseph Charoux, 1896-1967
Lived at: 26 Temple Fortune Hill (1950s-1967)
Profession: Sculptor
Professional work:
- Eminent Viennese sculptor, who settled in England in 1935.
- Created major public sculptures including 'The Islanders' for the Festival of Britain, 1951. Also
- the cycle 'Civilization’;
- ‘the Judge' for the Old Bailey Law Courts,
- 'The Motor Cyclist' for the Shell Building and
- ‘The Cellist’ which was outside the Royal Festival Hall.
- There is Charoux Museum in Langenzersdorf, Austria.
