Event Info
Where
Weston Park Museum
How to Book
Free, donations welcome
Booking recommended
Historian Dr Sylvia Dunkley will talk about the life and works of versatile, mid-nineteenth century Sheffield artist and designer, Godfrey Sykes, who popularised the use of terracotta as an artistic medium.
Hear how Sykes had already had a successful career in Sheffield as a designer and a painter of local industries and landscapes before being approached by the South London Museum (the former name of the Victoria and Albert Museum) and how several others from the Sheffield School of Design became part of his London team.
Sykes is probably best known in Sheffield today through the terracotta column to his memory in Weston Park, which was designed by one of his students and London colleagues, James Gamble.
This event is part of our programme for Heritage Open Days.
Weston Park Museum
Free, donations welcome
Booking recommended
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