Lincoln Seligman (born 1950) is a British artist, best known for his large-scale sculptures and murals displayed at modern landmark buildings worldwide. Lincoln was born the eldest son of Madron Seligman, (an

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and a pro-European

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for

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from 1979 to 1984) and his wife, Nancy-Joan. He was educated at

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, winning an exhibition to

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to study jurisprudence. He was called to the Bar in 1973 and became a professional painter and sculptor in 1980. His godfather was

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, a close friend of his father. Prominent works include ''Intervention,'' above the entrance of the Treatment Centre of the

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in London, and many large scale sculptures displayed at Hong Kong Harbor and on the Kowloon peninsula. Seligman is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. He was one of the first on the scene at the Dibbles Bridge coach crash on 27 May 1975, when a coach crashed into the garden of the house where he was staying near Grassington in North Yorkshire.

References

External links

Lincoln Seligman Exhibition
''seeingisbelieving.org.uk'' accessed 27 May 2019

''quantumart.co.uk'' accessed 27 May 2019

(Archived copy accessed 27 May 2019)
Own web page
''lincolnseligman.com'' accessed 27 May 2019 English sculptors English male sculptors English muralists 1950 births Living people English people of German-Jewish descent People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford English barristers {{UK-sculptor-stub