CUNEO'S LEGACY
Terence Cuneo Statue
When Terence Cuneo died in 1996 many of his friends and admirers felt that his achievement as one of the 20th Century’s best and most versatile artists should be recognised and celebrated.
So a committee was formed of family and friends with the goal of raising enough money to commission a statue of Terence Cuneo. As a result ‘The Terence Cuneo Memorial Trust’ was formally established as a Registered Charity in March 2002. It is a measure of the affection in which Terence Cuneo was held by the Royal Family that HM The Queen graciously agreed to head the subscription list. Thanks to a magnificent gesture from an admirer of Cuneo’s paintings, the renowned sculptor Philip Jackson was commissioned to create the statue.
In addition, the committee set up the annual Cuneo prize at his alma mater, The Slade School of Fine Art, for the purpose of both encouraging new talent and to foster an awareness of Cuneo’s work amongst younger generations.
The statue was formally unveiled at Waterloo Station on the 26th October 2004 by HRH The Princess Royal who also presented the inaugural Cuneo Prize at the Slade School of Fine Art. The 1.5 times life-size bronze statue of Terence Cuneo now stands at The Royal Engineers Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent.
Sculpture of Cuneo by Philip Jackson, CVO.
In 2019 the family were presented to Queen Elizabeth II when
Her Majesty unveiled a plaque to officially open the new
Smith Centre at The Science Museum in London. The Centre has as its centrepiece one of Cuneo’s largest paintings, the ‘General Electrical Company, Witton Works Birmingham’.
© Board of Trustees of the Science Museum.