Arthur Dooley

Arthur Dooley, (17th January 1929 – 7th January 1994) was a British artist and sculptor. He was born in the city of Liverpool, Dooley commenced employment as a welder at Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, he also worked at the Dunlop factory in Speke, before his ambition took him to work as a cleaner at St. Martin's School of Art, London, (later incorporated into Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design). He became a student there in 1953 Dooley had his first exhibition at the Gallery of the same name in 1962. His medium was usually scrap metal or bronze. He sculpted mainly religious works including the Risen Christ in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, The Resurrection of Christ at Princes Park Methodist Church in Toxteth and a Madonna and Child at St Faith's Church in Crosby. He also produced a tribute to The Beatles in Mathew Street, Liverpool, depicting The Madonna and The Beatles with the tribute "Four lads who shook the world". His studio in Liverpool was notoriously untidy, and is reportedly untouched since his death.The fifteen Stations of the Cross in St Mary's Church Leyland

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* [http://www.arthurdooleyarchive.webeden.co.uk/ The Arthur Dooley Archive]
*http://glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=dooley_a
*http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/11/15/arthur_dooley_studio_feature.shtml
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7225075.stm
*http://www.cleo.net.uk/resource/stations