Laury Dizengremel

Statue of Virginia Woolf at Richmond Riverside, Richmond, London

Laury Dizengremel (born 1954) is a French sculptor. Her works include a statue of Virginia Woolf, one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors,[1] which sits overlooking the Thames at Richmond Riverside in London, England. It was erected in November 2022.[2]

Her other works include statues of Kenneth Dunbar, a former master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh,[3] and of the 18th-century gardener and landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. installed in 2017 at Distillery Wharf, Hammersmith, London.[4][5]

Early life and education

Dizengremel was born in Paris to a Dutch mother and a French father and spent some of her early childhood in the United States before returning to France at age 6.[6] She holds a Master of Arts (MA) from the University for the Creative Arts.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Svendsen, Jessica & Lewis, Pericles. "The Modernist Lab: Virginia Woolf". campuspress.yale.edu. Retrieved 9 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Guest, Katy (16 November 2022). "A Statue of One's Own: the new Virginia Woolf sculpture that's challenging stereotypes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Kenneth Dunbar". ArtUK. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Lancelot 'Capability' Brown". ArtUK. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Statue of Capabilty Brown Unveiled on Hammersmith's Riverside". Hammersmith Today. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  6. 1 2 Branch, Lucy (30 October 2021). "Portrait Sculpture with Laury Dizengremel". Sculpture Vulture. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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