Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson studied at University of Bristol. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are figurative. Works named in the authority record are Gurkha Memorial, Korean War Memorial and Statue of Bobby Moore. Work by Philip Jackson is recorded in the collections of Royal Hospital Chelsea. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.

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. 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 Jacob Epstein, Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Oscar Nemon and Kenneth Armitage. But the most powerful influences in his life are his wife Jean and son Jamie who work with him. Jackson describes his art in the following words: My sculptures are essentially an impressionistic rendering of the figure. Where you see the figure seemingly grow out of the ground, the texture resembles tree bark, rock, or lava flow. As the eye moves up the sculpture, the finish becomes gentler & more delicately worked, culminating in the hands and the mask, both of which are precisely observed & modelled. Jackson lives in Cocking, West Sussex, where his garden and sculptures are occasionally open to the public.

• Illustration — Statue of Terence Cuneo, Waterloo station, London. • Illustration — Raoul Wallenberg Monument in Great Cumberland Place, London • Illustration — Bobby Moore statue, Wembley • Illustration — Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square, London • Illustration — Equestrian statue of Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park • Illustration — Gurkha Soldier Monument, London • 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 • St Richard – Chichester Cathedral • King George VI – Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth • The Gurka Memorial – Horse Guards Avenue • 1966 World Cup Sculpture – Newham, London • Queen Elizabeth II – Windsor Great Park • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – London • 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 • Statue of Constantine the Great, York • RAF Bomber Command 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. It was announced on 6 September 2019 that Jackson had been commissioned to build the National Emergency Services Memorial which was being backed by the Duke of Cambridge and prime minister Boris Johnson.