Background
Philip Jackson was born in Scotland during the Second World War and now works at the Edward Lawrence Studio in Midhurst, West Sussex and lives nearby.
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Philip Jackson
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University of Bristol.
Career
Acting as Royal Sculptor to Queen Elizabeth II, his sculptures appear in numerous United Kingdom cities, as well as Argentina and Switzerland. His twice life-size (6 metre tall) bronze statue of Bobby Moore was erected outside the main entrance at the new Wembley Stadium in May 2007, to pay tribute to his effect on the game. He went to the Farnham School of Art (now the University for the Creative Arts).
After leaving school, he was a press photographer for a year and then joined a design company as a sculptor.
Half of his time is spent on commissions and the other half on his gallery sculpture. He is well known for his major outdoor pieces, such as the Young Mozart in Chelsea and the Jersey Liberation sculpture.
His sources of inspiration have been Epstein, Rodin, Henry Moore, Oscar Nemon and Kenneth Armitage. Philip Jackson describes his art in the following words: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Belgravia, London Falklands War Sculpture – Portsmouth Liberation Sculpture – Jersey, Channel Islands Sir Matt Busby – Old Trafford, Manchester Empress Elisabeth of Austria – Geneva, Switzerland Street Richard – Chichester Cathedral Constantine the Great – York Minster King George VI – Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth The Gurkha Monument – Horse Guards Avenue 1966 World Cup Sculpture – Newham, London Queen Elizabeth II – Windsor Great Park Bobby Moore and Sir Alf Ramsey – Wembley Stadium, London United Trinity – Old Trafford, Manchester Sir Alex Ferguson – Old Trafford, Manchester Peter Osgood – Stamford Bridge, Fulham Korean War Memorial – London As well as producing commissions, Jackson also creates "studio" works, mainly theatrical subjects.
One of his most celebrated works was the life-size nude, Maggie Reading.
