David Evans

David Evans, British sculptor and painter, was born in Manchester. There, he studied at the School of Arts. After receiving a grant, he moved to London and continued his studies at the Royal School of Arts and the Royal Academy of Arts. He was awarded the Roma Prize in 1922 and became a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. The years 1930 and 1931 he spent in the United States. From 1940, he lived in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. Evans was a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptures. He was a well-known sculptor in Great Britain, who was especially involved in creating some of the sculptures for the Bank of England, which was built next to St. Paul’s Cathedral. He created busts, heads, torsos, reliefs, masks, statues, statuettes (mostly groups), garden and fountain figures in bronze, marble, wood and Portland stone, profane and religious themes. He was also working in the art trade.

Evans’ 1932 entry, the Football Panel was a bronze relief for the Cranbrook School for Boys football team. He was sculptor in residence at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1930. Athlete, exhibited in London, was a bronze statue.