George Fullard ARA (15 September 1923 – 25 December 1973) was an English sculptor.[1]

Born in Sheffield on 15 September 1923 Fullard served with the 17th/21st Lancers during World War II and was severely wounded at the Battle of Cassino. He studied at the Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts, and the Royal College of Art. By 1958 John Berger, the art critic of the New Statesman, regarded him as Britain's best young contemporary sculptor.[2] He began to exhibit abroad and win prizes: for example, "Running Woman", which can be seen in the grounds of Upper Chapel in Sheffield city centre.[3]

A painting by Fullard won a minor John Moores in 1957.[4]

He died on 25 December 1973.

A major retrospective of his work was exhibited at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield in the spring of 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ "George Fullard, A.R.A". Royal Academy of Arts Collections. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ Gillian Whiteley, 'Fullard, George (1923–1973)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 June 2012
  3. ^ "Geograph:: Running Woman © Ian S cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Museums". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.


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