ANIMALS IN WAR AT THE SLADMORE GALLERY

ANIMALS IN WAR AT THE SLADMORE GALLERY

Until 4th MAY 2005

WHO
Acclaimed sculptor David Backhouse, creator of the biggest and most significant public monument in London in recent years - the magnificent Animals in War Memorial in Park Lane. David lives in Lullington, Frome, Bath.

WHAT
Selling exhibition of the Animals in War maquettes, and other bronzes chosen to illustrate the scope and depth of the artist's work.

WHEN
To Wednesday 4th May 2005.

WHERE
The Sladmore Gallery, 32 Bruton Place, London W1.



"My sculptures are meditations on the human and animal
condition in the modern world, reflecting loss and
tragedy, hope and delight and above all, tenacity of spirit."

David Backhouse FRBS FRSA RWA has a career in sculpture spanning more than
30 years. His work is well known through exhibitions, he has an international following of collectors for his smaller bronzes and portrait heads and his many public sculptures have drawn wide acclaim.

His latest work, the Animals in War Memorial, was seven years in the making from the original concept to the finished monument. His design was chosen as the clear winner in
a fierce competition among 40 sculptors selected to submit their ideas for the commission. It was unveiled by the Princess Royal in a moving ceremony last November and has already become a well-loved and much-visited landmark in central London.

The Sladmore Gallery exhibition will present buyers with the unique opportunity to acquire the artist's maquettes used as the models and inspiration for the work. Destined to become collectors' items, they will be offered alongside other recent sculptures from his studio at Lullington, near Bath.

About David Backhouse

David Backhouse studied Sculpture at the West of England College of Art before establishing a studio in Spain in the 1970s. Following his return to England, he held four one-man exhibitions for the GLC at the Orangery in Holland Park during the late 1970s and 1980s, while continuing to exhibit in the USA and Europe. He now lives and works predominantly in Somerset, and at an additional studio in France.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors; a Royal West of England Academician; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; a Founder Member of the Society of Equestrian Arts and a Member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.

His other public works include:
* Cloaked Horseman, Bristol City Centre
* Centaurs, Whiteleys, London W2
* Dolphin Family, London Docklands
* Pilgrim, The Bishop's Palace, Wells
* The Stream of Life, Telford
* The Merchant Seamen's Memorial, Bristol






About The Sladmore Gallery

The Sladmore Gallery has its origins in a private collection of nineteenth-century bronze animal sculpture, assembled by Jane Horswell in the mid-1950s at Sladmore Farm in Buckinghamshire.

In 1968 the Gallery moved to a three-floor mews premises off Berkeley Square, where it is still located today in the heart of London's gallery district.

Since 1985 under the direction of Gerry Farrell and Edward Horswell, the Sladmore Gallery has increasingly concentrated on fine casts of nineteenth and early twentieth century bronzes as well as representing a small stable of contemporary artists.

32 Bruton Place, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6NW Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 0365

For further Press information please contact:
Christopher Proudlove: Tel/Fax: 020 7870 5961; Mobile: 0786 3545360
Email: Backhouse@Chris-Proudlove.co.uk
OR David Backhouse on 01373831318 (Studio) or 01373 830319
Email: info@backhousesculptures.com