Laurence Bradshaw

Laurence Bradshaw
Laurence Bradshaw sculpting the bust for the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery
Born
Laurence Henderson Bradshaw

1 April 1899
Died11 March 1978
EducationLiverpool College of Art
OccupationMaster of the Art Workers' Guild (1958)
Known forCreating the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery.
Official war artist for the Norwegian government during WWII.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors
Political partyCommunist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)

Tomb of Karl Marx, by Laurence Bradshaw

Laurence Henderson Bradshaw (11 March 1899 – 1 April 1978) was an English sculptor, printmaker, and artist.[1][2] Bradshaw was a life-long socialist and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in the 1930s, remaining a member for the rest of his life.[3][4] He is most famous for being the sculptor who created the bust of Karl Marx for the Tomb of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery.[4][5]

During his career, he also painted posters for Transport London, the Spanish International Brigades, the British-Soviet Friendship Society, and also the Marx Memorial Library.

  1. ^ "Laurence Henderson Bradshaw - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Artist: Laurence Bradshaw". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. ^ Christine Lindey. "Laurence Bradshaw obituary". Morning Star obituary of Laurence Bradshaw. Morning Star via Graham Stevenson. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b Meddick, Simon; Payne, Liz; Katz, Phil (2020). Red Lives: Communists and the Struggle for Socialism. UK: Manifesto Press Cooperative Limited. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-907464-45-4.
  5. ^ Stevenson, Graham (19 September 2008). "Bradshaw Laurence". Encyclopedia of Communist Biographies. Retrieved 26 April 2021.