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John F. Kavanagh

1903–1984

Russian Peasant c.1935–9
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John Francis Kavanagh (24 September 1903 – 18 June 1984) was an Irish sculptor and artist. In 1930 he was awarded the British School at Rome Scholarship in Sculpture.

In 1933 he was appointed Head of Department of Sculpture and Modelling at the Leeds College of Art.

Kavanagh was an Associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors from 1935, and elected a Fellow in 1945. In 1951 he took up the post of Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, New Zealand.

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  • Russian Peasant

    John F. Kavanagh
    c.1935–9

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