Sculpture Town: Sheep Shearer by Ralph Brown

  

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Another of the collections impressive bronzes, this piece was acquired by the trust in 1955, soon after it was set up. Ralph Brown is a Yorkshireman who studied sculpture at the Leeds School of Art, then the Hammersmith School of Art before studying at the Royal College of Art. It was during this time that he created Sheep Shearer. He subsequently taught and worked in various places, and is currently based in Gloucestershire.

Much of his work features everyday scenes of men and women, and this piece captures the sense of determination and struggle in the act of sheep shearing.