Father Courage is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture. 7 related planning applications.
Father Courage
- WRENN ID
- last-corner-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Father Courage, 1960, by F E McWilliam is situated outside the Gulbenkian Theatre, on the University of Kent's Canterbury campus.
The sculpture is bronze, approximately two metres tall and stands on a square concrete plinth. It has the quality of a primitive totem, or idol, taking the form of a seated asexual figure. The body is attenuated, with sloping shoulders, and the limbs are not expressed other than the thighs and knees which are suggested through the drape of a robe or gown. On a slender neck is an oversized wedge-like head, largely featureless but with round bulging eyes. The surface of the bronze is rough; a finish achieved through pushing objects into the clay from which the piece was modelled before being cast.
A small plaque on the plinth reads:
'FATHER COURAGE' OR 'BAAL' 1960 / F.E. McWILLIAM C.B.E., A.R.A. / (1909 - 1992)
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