Tom Bowers
Tom Bowers | |
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 Tom Bowers in 2014 | |
| Born | Tom Bowers 1936 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | March (aged 84) Seychelles |
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| Years active | 1950–2021 |
| Notable work | Liberty Monument |
| Children | Katy |
Tom Bowers (c. 1936 – March 2021) was a British-born Seychellois sculptor and photographer.
Life
[edit]Bowers was born in London, the United Kingdom where he studied graphic art and sculpture. He later worked as a freelance advertiser after he opened a photographic studio in London. In 1981, along with his family, he visited Seychelles on holiday before he decided to move into the country permanently in 1986.[1]
In 2014, he was commissioned by the government of Seychelles to design the Liberty Monument to replace the controversial Zonm Lib (Free Man)[2][3] monument.[4] His sculpture studio was in Anse a la Mouche, Seychelles.[5]
Death
[edit]He died in March 2021, 84 years old.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Seychelles What to do: Seychelles Art- Tom Bowers". Chalets d' Anse Forbans. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Zonm Lib Monument".
- ↑ "Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles (overnight) — 2024". 11 November 2024.
- ↑ Joana Nicette; Sharon Uranie (30 June 2014). "Sculptor of Liberty monument Tom Bowers says Seychelles is 'winning". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ William Gray (10 March 2002). "The Seychelles: Mini marvel that is Mahe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Sharon Ernesta (12 March 2021). "Seychelles loses adopted son who found inspiration in the islands for his sculptures". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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- African sculptors
- Seychellois artists
- British expatriates in Seychelles
- British male sculptors
- 20th-century British sculptors
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- 21st-century male artists
- 20th-century British male artists
- 21st-century British male artists
- 2021 deaths
- Seychellois people of British descent