About: William Bloye

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William James Bloye ARBSA (8 July 1890 – 6 June 1975) was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II.

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  • William James Bloye ARBSA (8 July 1890 – 6 June 1975) was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II. (en)
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  • 1890-07-08 (xsd:date)
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  • William James Bloye (en)
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  • 1975-06-06 (xsd:date)
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  • 1890-07-08 (xsd:date)
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  • William James Bloye (en)
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  • Birmingham, England (en)
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  • Bloye sculptures on Yardley Wood Library (en)
  • Statue of Boulton, Watt and Murdoch, Birmingham (en)
  • Statue of Queen Victoria, Birmingham (en)
  • Bloye sculptures on New Oxford House 16 Waterloo Street (en)
  • Bloye sculptures on Sun Insurance Building, Bennetts Hill (en)
  • Bloye sculptures on Legal and General Assurance Building 7 Waterloo Street (en)
  • Bloye sculptures at Fountain Court Building, Steelhouse Lane (en)
  • Bloye reliefs on Supreme Works, Birmingham (en)
  • Bloye sculptures on Perry Common Library (en)
  • Moseley School assembly hall ceiling panels (en)
  • Josiah Mason bust - William Bloye after Francis John Williamson (en)
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  • 1927 (xsd:integer)
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  • c. 1938 (en)
  • c.1960 (en)
  • c.1935 (en)
  • c.1936 (en)
  • c.1938 (en)
  • c.1937 (en)
  • c.1940 (en)
  • c.1973 (en)
  • c.1923-6 (en)
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  • 1975-06-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Arezzo, Italy (en)
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  • Sculpture (en)
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  • Bronze (en)
  • Sandstone (en)
  • Stone (en)
  • Wood (en)
  • Oak (en)
  • stone (en)
  • Plaster (en)
  • Bronze and stone (en)
  • Gilded bronze (en)
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  • Bronze and concrete (en)
  • Painted wood (en)
  • Painted mahogany (en)
  • Painted stone (en)
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  • William Bloye (en)
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  • Exterior: two capitals, shield above door and upstairs pediment and putto. (en)
  • Designed by Bloye, sculpted by his assistant, Tom Wright (en)
  • Decoration around the doorway of a former pub . Formerly brightly painted. (en)
  • Exterior high level bas-relief carvings. (en)
  • Logo of Birchfield Harriers. Attributed. (en)
  • Formerly at the Society's old headquarters on New Street (en)
  • Within building – at entrance to council chamber and entrance to committee reception room. (en)
  • Bloye was responsible for all the stone carving on this brick building (en)
  • Cast from a marble statue by Francis John Williamson (en)
  • Bas-relief pub sign attributed to Alan Bridgewater. Now missing after two fires and the roof was rebuilt. Now a venue here called Farro's. (en)
  • Façade on Council House (en)
  • The model was international gymnast and basketball player Fred Starkey. The plaster models are in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust. (en)
  • Life-size female nude (en)
  • Lost after the school was demolished in 1999 (en)
  • Lost, believed stolen. (en)
  • Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch (en)
  • Now removed. (en)
  • Part of Grade II listed building. (en)
  • Recast from a 1901 marble statue by Thomas Brock (en)
  • Restored in 1994 (en)
  • A bronze statue of a girl in a fountain in a private courtyard at the same location is by Bloye. (en)
  • Pub sign, depicting symbol of Warwickshire, in which the area was located at the time of installation. By September 2022 the Bear sculpture has been covered over by a new restaurant to be called Chai Green. (en)
  • Painted pub sign with model of a boar's head, on a pole. Taken from the arms of the Gough-Calthorpe family of nearby Perry Hall (en)
  • From former Fox Hollies pub. Now on Lidl supermarket. (en)
  • Also four bronze lions on flagpoles, Town Hall tower (en)
  • Cast from a 1885 marble statue by Francis John Williamson, which stood opposite Mason Science College in Edmund Street (en)
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  • Engineering (en)
  • Queen Victoria (en)
  • Coat of Arms (en)
  • Christ (en)
  • Pan (en)
  • Mermaid (en)
  • Maternity (en)
  • Royal Oak (en)
  • Decoration (en)
  • The Towers (en)
  • Aesculapius (en)
  • Allegory of Painting (en)
  • Boulton, Watt and Murdoch (en)
  • John Skirrow Wright (en)
  • Josiah Mason (en)
  • St. Alphege (en)
  • The Antelope (en)
  • The Boar's Head (en)
  • Allegories of Art and Industry (en)
  • Apollo fountain (en)
  • Capitals and pediment sculptures (en)
  • Ceres - Goddess of Corn (en)
  • Fox and Hollybush (en)
  • Huntsman and Dog (en)
  • Library Emblem (en)
  • Running stag (en)
  • Spirit of Knowledge (en)
  • Sun and lettering (en)
  • Bear and Staff (en)
  • Bronze Plaques (en)
  • Brookvale Pub (en)
  • Call, Front Line and Return (en)
  • Capitals and Heads (en)
  • Coat of arms and two lion reliefs (en)
  • Dudley from the Wren's Nest (en)
  • Dudley's Past (en)
  • Head of Man (en)
  • Heraldic sculptures (en)
  • Lamp of Knowledge (en)
  • Lion Pediment and Seated Craftsmen (en)
  • Mermaid fountain (en)
  • Mother and Child, Young Child Playing (en)
  • Sermon to the Birds (en)
  • St. Nicholas Rescuing the Three Children (en)
  • Ten ceiling panels (en)
  • The Good Shepherd and Latin Cross (en)
  • Two stone vases (en)
  • Wisdom, Fortitude, Charity, Faith (en)
  • War Memorial: George and the Dragon and lions on flagpoles (en)
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  • Fountain (en)
  • Statue on pedestal (en)
  • Bust on plinth (en)
  • Statue in niche (en)
  • Bust (en)
  • Two reliefs (en)
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  • Bas-reliefs (en)
  • Pub sign (en)
  • Relief carving (en)
  • Bas-relief pub sign (en)
  • Four bas relief panels (en)
  • Interior bas-relief carvings (en)
  • Pub sign with putto and grapes (en)
  • Sculpture on top of fountain (en)
  • Three statues on plinth (en)
  • Wall mounted sculpture (en)
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