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DESMOND FOUNTAIN

Desmond Fountain displayed artistic talent from a young age, winning his first award in an adult competition at seven years old. He developed his evident talent with study at Stoke-on-Trent College of Art; Exeter College of Art, Devon; and University of Bristol. As a college student, Fountain’s mastery of the human form, expressed through his nude life-size figures, gained the attention of British national media. While doing post-graduate work at Bristol University, Fountain was commissioned to sculpt a portrait of the University’s Nobel-Prize winner C.F. Powell.

Many other important commissions have since followed for Desmond Fountain, earning him international recognition for the artistry and exactitude of his bronzes. Fountain’s portrait of Bermuda founder Sir George Somers, a one-and-a-half times life-size bronze monument, was unveiled in 1984 by H.R.H. Princess Margaret. In 1987, Fountain created a medallion portrait of Princess Margaret for the FIDEM World Congress in Colorado. In the early nineties, he completed a public memorial “The Spirit of Joanna” which is displayed in Rodia, Greece, and in 1995 witnessed the unveiling of his life-size sculpture of Mark Twain at the Bermuda National Gallery. Recent commissions include “Johnny Barnes” (Bermuda), The Oz Trial Heroes (England) and “Jorgen Svendsen” unveiled in England in June 2002.

A resident of Bermuda, Desmond Fountain established the Bermuda Fine Art Trust in 1982, through which The Bermuda National Gallery was founded in Hamilton. To honor his accomplishments, Fountain was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He has had major exhibitions in London (Alwin Gallery); Bermuda (Windjammer Gallery, Bermuda National Gallery, etc.); the U.S. (Cavalier Galleries); and the Channel Islands (Falle Fine Art). In 1989, the Desmond Fountain Sculpture Park was created in Bath, New York by LEADERS Magazine.

While portrait work has composed a portion of Fountain’s oeuvre to date, his central sculptural theme remains the female nude. His recent works also include life-size sculptures of children engaged in various activities and a selection of animal sculptures.