Description

TQ3274
636-1/14/889
15/04/98

SOUTHWARK
RED POST HILL
(South West side)
"Striding Man" sculpture in forecourt of William Penn School

II

Sculpture. Commissioned 1959, installed 1962, sculptor Oliffe
Richmond. Bronze, six feet high on concrete plinth. A tall,
stooping figure that displays different qualities from
different angles, with its claw-like feet, knotted and
elongated legs, hunched back and heavy burden. The tension of
movement caught in stasis recalls Rodin's headless 'L'Homme
qui Marche', while the battered, vulnerable form and striated
surface is reminiscent of the work of Giacometti. Richmond
(1919-1977) came from Tasmania in 1948 and later worked for
Henry Moore before embarking on a teaching career. His work is
not well known, but this is one of the outstanding pieces
commissioned by the London County Council, the leading patron
of public art in the period 1945-65.

Listing NGR: TQ3291774693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665576

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