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Bob Sloan
Bob Sloan ''HRUA'', ''ARBS'' (1940– ) is a Northern Irish sculptor, painter, performance and installation artist. He is an Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts where he has won numerous silver and gold medals at their annual shows. Sloan has exhibited internationally, and is known primarily for his sculptural works. Amongst his professional achievements he acted as a Director of the Sculptors Society of Ireland between 1988 and 1991. In the 1970s Sloan set-up an art foundry in his studeoSloan has influenced several generations of young artists in his role as educator. Early life Robert W Sloan was born in Belfast on 10 April 1940 to a father who was an upholsterer and a mother who was a school cook. He was raised on Apsley Street near the Donegall Pass and the Ormeau Road areas of Belfast. Sloan cites his earliest influences as watching blacksmiths shoeing horses, repairing harnesses and cart wheels. He attended Annadale Grammar School from 1952 to 1959, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annadale Grammar School
Annadale Grammar School for Boys was an all-boys school located on the Annadale Embankment skirting the River Lagan in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1990, Annadale Grammar School (all boys) amalgamated with Carolan Grammar School (all girls) and became known as Wellington College Belfast. Name The name "Annadale" originated from Anne Hill (later, briefly, Anne Hill-Trevor), mother of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington. Wellington's maternal grandfather, Arthur Hill (later created, in 1766, the 1st Viscount Dungannon), lived at Belvoir House on the Belvoir Estate near Knockbreda and had married Anne Stafford in 1737. They bore three children, a boy and two girls. In 1759, their eldest daughter, Anne, married the then 2nd Baron Mornington (who, in 1760, was created the 1st Earl of Mornington) and herself bore two sons and a daughter – Penelope Prudence, Richard and Arthur, the future Duke of Wellington. The site on which the school was built was originally known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |