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Angela Sykes

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234:(CEMA). In 1961 Sykes created the nativity scene design for the stained-glass window in the church of the Immaculate Conception in Glenarm. She created the bronze sculpture of St Patrick in his youth for St Mary's church, Feystown, County Antrim. The model for the piece was her own son Hector. She created the paint of the apocalypse on the chancel ceiling of Holy Trinity church, Edenbridge, Kent. In 1969 For the Broadway tower of the 159:
in London where she showed eighteen pieces of sculpture and five cartoon. Some of the pieces she carved displayed expressions of medieval sculpture while others were more political such as an anti—fascist piece depicting a figure in a German helmet which was smashed sometime after being rejected by
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In 1951 she exhibited at the first show of the Contemporary Ulster Group. Other displays of her work took place in the Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland (1953–7) and the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts (1956).
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in County Antrim. From 11 May 1934, Sykes married name became McDonnell and she was styled Countess of Antrim. Sykes became known for her witty caricature drawings which featured her relatives, such as
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An accident in 1962 left Sykes unable for carve due to damage to her hand. At that point she began then to model her figures to allow them to be cast in bronze.
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and they were the only two works shown there. In another solo exhibitions in 1950 among the sculptures displayed was the
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of Sledmere, and Lady Edith Violet Sykes (née Gorst). She was educated privately before going to Brussels to train under
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in 1971. She died at Glenarm castle 27 August 1984, and was buried in the MacDonnell family graveyard.
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of the Arts in 1950, was on their art advisory committee. For many years she was a governor of the
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on missions in Holland and Germany at the end of the war. Sykes received the papal decoration
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in 1958, Sykes was one of the directors. She was also a trustee of the
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and one daughter. One of their sons lived for a day. Their home was
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Gallery for the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
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Countess of Antrim, a sculptor, a cartoonist, and an illustrator
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Throughout the years Sykes was integral to the art movement in
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Angela Christina Sykes was born 6 September 1911 at
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Eddlethorpe
Yorkshire
Sir Mark Sykes
Baronet
Marnix d'Haveloose
Regent's Park
Royal Academy
Beaux Arts Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery
Randal John Somerled MacDonnell
Hector McDonnell
Alexander McDonnell
Glenarm Castle
Women's Voluntary Service
Second World War
Catholic Women's League
Catholic Relief Services
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
Royal Hibernian Academy
Gallery for the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Academy
Belfast College of Art
Ulster Television
Ulster Museum
Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland
Northern Ireland Arts Council
Association of Ulster Drama Festivals

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