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F.E. McWilliam

1909–1992

Portrait Bust of Isaac Wolfson c.1960
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Biography

Frederick Edward McWilliam (30 April 1909 – 13 May 1992), was a Northern Irish surrealist sculptor. He worked chiefly in stone, wood and bronze.

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Artworks

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Women of Belfast

F.E. McWilliam
1973
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Cain and Abel

F.E. McWilliam
1952

William Scott

F.E. McWilliam
1956

Mary Scott

F.E. McWilliam
1956

Pentachord

F.E. McWilliam
1959

Profile

F.E. McWilliam
1940

Eye, Nose and Cheek

F.E. McWilliam
1939
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Mother and Daughter

F.E. McWilliam
1951
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Sketches, letters, etc.

Transcript of an interview between Louisa Buck and F.E. McWilliam for the Irish Arts Series

Louisa Buck, F.E. McWilliam
[c.1983]
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Private view card, ‘F.E. McWilliam / Recent Sculpture’, the Bell Gallery, Belfast

F.E. McWilliam
18 May–3 June 1977
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Exhibition catalogue ‘F.E. McWilliam / Sculpture 1972-73 / Women of Belfast’, Waddington Galleries II, London, 31 October - 24 November 1973

F.E. McWilliam
1973
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‘Self-Portrait’ by F.E. McWilliam

F.E. McWilliam
1956
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