Celebrating the Public Art in Oxfordshire.


All public sculpture in this album was photographed by Public Sculpture Volunteers Jane Roblin, Sean Bergin, Dee Robinson, Liz Middleton and Bob Cassey


Collections photography sculpture by University of Oxford, Defence Academy, Oxford Brookes, Maggies Oxford.

Artists featured in this Curation: Richard Thornton, Philip Blacker (b.1949), Suzanne O'Driscoll (b.1955), Neil Wood (b.1963), Tony Davies, John Buckley (b.1945), Anton Castiau, Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), Johannes von Stumm (b.1959), Herbert Read (1885–1950), and 90 more
119 artworks
Evolve
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Evolve

Richard Thornton

Stainless steel

H 500 cm

Best Mate
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Best Mate 2005

Philip Blacker (b.1949)

Bronze

Meadow Gardens
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Meadow Gardens 2009

Suzanne O'Driscoll (b.1955)

Stainless steel

H 650 cm

The Glow Tree
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Glow Tree 2006

Neil Wood (b.1963)

Bronze

H 600 cm

Rosie the Elephant and Zookeeper
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Rosie the Elephant and Zookeeper

Tony Davies

Mild steel & galvanised wire

H 300 cm

Untitled 1986 (The Headington Shark)
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Untitled 1986 (The Headington Shark)

John Buckley (b.1945) and Anton Castiau

Polyester resin, oil paint & metal

H 760 cm

The Nuba Survival
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Nuba Survival

John Buckley (b.1945)

Fibreglass & paint

Figure (Archaean)
© Bowness. Image credit: St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

Figure (Archaean) 1959

Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)

Bronze

St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

Intersection: Dark and Light
© Johannes von Stumm. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Kellogg College, University of Oxford

Intersection: Dark and Light 2020

Johannes von Stumm (b.1959)

Metal, stone & glass

Kellogg College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791)
Image credit: Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791) c.1925

Herbert Read (1885–1950) (probably)

Bronze

H 63 cm

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Betjeman (1906–1984)
© Martin Jennings. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Dee Robinson

John Betjeman (1906–1984) 2016

Martin Jennings (b.1957)

Bronze

Couple Holding Hands
© Johannes von Stumm. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Couple Holding Hands

Johannes von Stumm (b.1959)

Bronze

H 240 x W 240 x D 120 cm

Homage to Doctor Mirabilis
© David Batchelor. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Homage to Doctor Mirabilis

David Batchelor (b.1955)

Stainless steel & neon

Colour Space RGByxy
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Colour Space RGByxy 2017

Claude Heath (b.1964)

Aluminium

H 250 x W 130 x D 109 cm

Quiver
© the copyright holder. Image credit: New College, University of Oxford

Quiver

David Harber (b.1956)

Polished steel

H 180 cm

New College, University of Oxford

Garden Sculpture (Model for 'Meridian')
© Bowness. Image credit: New College, University of Oxford

Garden Sculpture (Model for 'Meridian') 1958

Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)

Bronze

H 59 x W 80 cm

New College, University of Oxford

Alfred Robinson (1841–1895)
Image credit: New College, University of Oxford

Alfred Robinson (1841–1895) 19th C

unknown artist

Stone

New College, University of Oxford

The Alchemical Tree
© Simon Periton, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London. Image credit: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

The Alchemical Tree 2015

Simon Periton (b.1964)

Fibreglass

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Hawk
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Hawk

unknown artist

Stone

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Emperor's Head
Image credit: Wadham College, University of Oxford

Emperor's Head

unknown artist

Limestone

H 118 cm

Wadham College, University of Oxford

Andrew Comyn Irvine (1902–1924)
Image credit: Merton College, University of Oxford

Andrew Comyn Irvine (1902–1924) c.1924

Eric Gill (1882–1940)

Stone

H 214 x W 48 x D 48 cm

Merton College, University of Oxford

The Swirl
© the copyright holder & © the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Swirl

Maria Rosa Kramer and m-tec

Polished stainless steel & red paint

H 800 cm

Impossible Triangle
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Impossible Triangle 1970s

Roger Cheney (active 1970s)

Metal & concrete

H 120 x W 80 x D 80 cm

Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Dorothy Wadham (1534 –1618), Founder of the College
Image credit: Wadham College, University of Oxford

Dorothy Wadham (1534 –1618), Founder of the College

John Blackshaw (after)

Burford stone

Wadham College, University of Oxford

Flayed Stone IV
© the artist. Image credit: Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Flayed Stone IV

Peter Randall-Page (b.1954)

Finnish granite

H 85 x W 92 x D 80 cm

Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Christ and Child
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Christ and Child c.1959

John E. Matthews (1920–1995)

Cement

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Christ and Child
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Christ and Child

John E. Matthews (1920–1995) (after)

Fibreglass

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Winged Head
© Paul Vanstone. Image credit: St Stephen's House, University of Oxford

Winged Head 2011

Paul Vanstone (b.1967)

Marble

H 95 x W 83 x D 27 cm

St Stephen's House, University of Oxford

Solidarity
© the artist's estate. Image credit: St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Solidarity 1985

Naomi Blake (1924–2018)

Bronze

H 138.5 x W 38 x D 39 cm

St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Bonds of Friendship
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Wolfson College, University of Oxford

Bonds of Friendship

John Robinson (1935–2007)

Bronze

Wolfson College, University of Oxford

William of Wykeham (1324–1404)
© the artist. Image credit: New College, University of Oxford

William of Wykeham (1324–1404) 2012

Antonia Hockton

Ancaster hard white stone

New College, University of Oxford

Unbroken Taichi Flow
© the artist. Image credit: St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

Unbroken Taichi Flow 1991

Ju Ming (b.1938)

Steel (?)

St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

Andres Bello (1781–1865)
© the copyright holder. Image credit: St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Andres Bello (1781–1865)

Santiago Poletto (1911–1980)

Bronze

St Antony's College, University of Oxford

Mercury
Image credit: Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Mercury 1945

Giambologna (1529–1608) (after)

Bronze

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Herm
Image credit: Merton College, University of Oxford

Herm 18th C (?)

unknown artist

Stone

Merton College, University of Oxford

Maurice Bowra (1898–1971)
© the artist. Image credit: Wadham College, University of Oxford

Maurice Bowra (1898–1971) 1976

John Doubleday (b.1947)

Bronze

H 144 cm

Wadham College, University of Oxford

James I (1566–1625), Granted the Royal Charter to the College
Image credit: Wadham College, University of Oxford

James I (1566–1625), Granted the Royal Charter to the College

John Blackshaw (after)

Burford stone

Wadham College, University of Oxford

Nicholas Wadham (1531–1609), Co-Founder of the College
Image credit: Wadham College, University of Oxford

Nicholas Wadham (1531–1609), Co-Founder of the College

John Blackshaw (after)

Burford stone

Wadham College, University of Oxford

Blueberry Pie à la Mode, Flying, Scale A
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Maggie's Oxford

Blueberry Pie à la Mode, Flying, Scale A 1996

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) and Coosje van Bruggen (1942–2009)

Steel & paint

Maggie's Oxford

Dancing Phoenix
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Linacre College, University of Oxford

Dancing Phoenix 2014

Hugo Powell (1919–2014)

Bronze

Linacre College, University of Oxford

Field Marshal Earl Harcourt (1743–1830)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Field Marshal Earl Harcourt (1743–1830) 1830

Robert William Sievier (1794–1865)

Plaster

Memorial to Major Philip Musgrave Neeld Wroughton (1887–1917), 1st Berkshire Yeomanry
Image credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK
Saint George
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Saint George

Messrs Temple Moore and Moore and John Thompson and Sons

Stone

Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827–1904)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827–1904) 1906

Waldo Story (1855–1915)

Plaster

War Memorial
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

Alec Miller (1879–1961) and Knowles and Sons

Stone

H 633 cm

War Memorial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

unknown artist

Limestone

H 610 cm

The Linesmen
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Linesmen

Godfrey Phillips (b.1944)

Green oak

One Ear
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

One Ear

Pippa North and Ben Willis and Nick Garnett and Duncan McAfee

Bark & wood

The Flying Machine
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Flying Machine

Nick Garnett and Duncan McAfee

Wood

Barrel
© the artists. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Barrel 2002

Walter Jack (b.1958) and Paul Channing (b.1977) and J. T. Engineering

Cast iron

H 400 cm

Abingdon A
© the artists. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Abingdon A

Philip Bews (b.1951) and Diane Gorvin (b.1956)

Portland stone, oak, cast glass, bronze & LED lighting

H 370 cm

Dalí's Diver Portwell Bench
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Dalí's Diver Portwell Bench

Timothy Shutter (b.1954)

Bath stone

Willow Pollen
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Willow Pollen 2007

Steve Geliot (b.1962)

Green oak & sandstone

Inspire
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Inspire

Alan Wilson (b.1962)

Doulting stone & Bath stone

H 762 cm

Buttercross Needle
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Buttercross Needle 2009

Michael Fairfax (b.1953)

Stainless steel, glass & fibre optic lights

Huddle of Sheep
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Huddle of Sheep 1994–c.2009

unknown artist

Stone

H 80 x W 150 x D 150 cm

Thame Cows
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Thame Cows 2012–2014

unknown artist

Fibreglass & paint

Witney Standing Stone
© the artist. Image credit: Liz Middleton / Art UK

Witney Standing Stone 2018

Liz Middleton (b.1975)

Cotswold limestone & gold leaf

H 200 x W 150 x D 100 cm

War Memorial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

Laurence Arthur Turner (1864–1957) and J. F. Booth & Son

Horton stone

H 550 cm

View Through the Window
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

View Through the Window 2007

Timothy Shutter (b.1954)

Stoke ground base bed stone

H 244 x W 357 x D 155 cm

Ridgeway Mosaic
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Ridgeway Mosaic 2008

Rob Turner (b.1962)

Vitreous ceramic

War Memorial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

unknown artist

Stone

Mostyn Obelisk
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Mostyn Obelisk

unknown artist

Brick & ironstone

H 760 cm

Bat and Moth
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Bat and Moth

Nick Garnett and Duncan McAfee

Wood

Carter's Dream, South Element
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Carter's Dream, South Element

Godfrey Phillips (b.1944)

Stainless steel

King Alfred (849 AD–899 AD)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

King Alfred (849 AD–899 AD) 1877

Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ('Count Gleichen') (1833–1891)

Sicilian marble

War Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

Frank Loughborough Pearson (1864–1947) and Messrs Toms & Son and T. Boxall & Sons

Portland stone

Peace Memorial Fountain
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Peace Memorial Fountain 1992

Faith Winter (1928–2017)

Bronze

The Ox
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Ox

unknown artist

Bronze

Abingdon MLFMMV1 Needle
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Abingdon MLFMMV1 Needle

Michael Fairfax (b.1953)

Bath stone & stainless steel

Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Queen Victoria (1819–1901) 1887

William White (b.c.1846)

Portland stone & Sicilian marble

H 457 cm

The Chosen One
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Chosen One

Michie Herbert

Stone resin

H 300 cm

Knowledge and Understanding
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Knowledge and Understanding 2008

Diana Bell

Magnesian limestone & Caen stone

Martyr's Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Martyr's Memorial 1841–1843

George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) and Henry Weekes I (1807–1877)

Bronze

Shire Horses
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Shire Horses

Sophie Thompson

Metal rods

Lord Nuffield Plaque
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Sean Bergin / Art UK

Lord Nuffield Plaque c.1985

unknown artist

Cement

H 180 x W 80 x D 10 cm

The Barrington Griffin
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Barrington Griffin 2017

Thomas Kenrick (b.1982)

Portland stone

H 160 x W 100 cm

War Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

Guy Dawber (1861–1938) and William Honeybone (b.c.1840)

Bronze

Oxfordshire Light Infantry Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Oxfordshire Light Infantry Memorial 1900

Francis Inigo Thomas (1865–1950) and Messrs Franklin of Deddington

Drinking Fountain
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Drinking Fountain

Saracen Foundry

Cast iron & paint

Turning
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Turning

Charlotte Mayer (1929–2022) and Pangolin Editions (founded 1985)

Bronze

H 300 cm

Flight of the Eagles
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Flight of the Eagles 2008

Jon Mills (b.1959)

Mild steel & powder coating

H 500 cm

Fine Lady
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Fine Lady

Artcycle Ltd and Denise Dutton and Castle Fine Arts

Bronze & stone

Faringdon Tomb
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Faringdon Tomb 1920–1921

George James Frampton (1860–1928)

Bronze, marble & copper

Aslan
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Aslan 2017

Matthew Cave (b.1971)

Ted Ball (1904–1982)
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Ted Ball (1904–1982) c.1982

Victoria Hunt

Bronze

H 45 x W 30 x D 30 cm

War Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial 1921

Frank Ernest Howard (1888–1934)

Local limestone

Millennium Monument
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Millennium Monument

unknown artist

Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902)
Image credit: Sean Bergin / Art UK

Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) 1911

Henry Alfred Pegram (1862–1937)

Portland stone

The Crows of Bicester
© the artists. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Crows of Bicester 2016

Philip Bews (b.1951) and Diane Gorvin (b.1956)

Bronze, stainless steel, cast glass & blown glass

Peace Memorial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Peace Memorial

unknown artist

Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) Memorial
Image credit: Sean Bergin / Art UK

Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) Memorial 1906

Onslow Whiting (1872–1937)

Bronze

War Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

unknown artist

Stone

Hope (The Wheel of Hope)
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Hope (The Wheel of Hope)

Diana Bell

Concrete

Crossing the Line
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Crossing the Line

Robert Kilvington (b.1967)

Stainless steel

H 750 x W 250 x D 250 cm

Prince Albert (1819–1861)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Prince Albert (1819–1861)

John Gibbs (b.1827) and Charles Selby

Mansfield stone

H 1500 cm

The Changeling
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Changeling

Pippa North and Ben Willis and Duncan McAfee

Yew wood & juniper wood

War Memorial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

James T. Robinson

Portland stone

The Storybook Tree
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Storybook Tree

Matthew Cave (b.1971)

Dead cedar tree

Ramsden War Memorial
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Ramsden War Memorial 1920

Levi Dore (1863–1948)

Local stone, rendered brick, rubblestone & marble

Gathering
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Gathering

Nick Garnett and Duncan McAfee

Hazel & willow twigs

Voices from the Brook
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Voices from the Brook 2006

Steve Geliot (b.1962)

Bath stone

H 120 cm

War Memorial
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

War Memorial

Frank Ernest Howard (1888–1934) and Alec Miller (1879–1961) and Messrs W. H. Axtell & Sons

Ashlar stone

Carter's Dream, North Element
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Carter's Dream, North Element

Godfrey Phillips (b.1944)

Stainless steel

Robert Loyd-Lindsay (1832–1901), 1st Baron Wantage, Memorial
Image credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK

Robert Loyd-Lindsay (1832–1901), 1st Baron Wantage, Memorial 1903

Farmer and Brindley (active 1851–1929)

Stone

Boots
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Boots 2006

Diana Bell

Bronze & resin

Lester Piggott (b.1935)
© the artist. Image credit: Dee Robinson

Lester Piggott (b.1935)

William Newton (b.1959)

Bronze

Grilles and Railings
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Grilles and Railings 2009

Jon Mills (b.1959)

Metal & paint

Organic Growth 1
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Organic Growth 1 2007

Michie Herbert

Bronze resin

H 180 cm

The Lesson
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

The Lesson 1956–1957

Franta Belsky (1921–2000)

As Old as the Hills
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

As Old as the Hills 2004

Michie Herbert

Stone resin

H 250 cm

Banbury Cross
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Banbury Cross 1859

John Gibbs (b.1827) and Boulton and Sons

Limestone & bronze

From
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

From

Pippa North and Ben Willis and Duncan McAfee

Wood

Youth Memorial
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Youth Memorial

unknown artist and Stoneworld

Carrara marble

Red Kite
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Red Kite

Anne Gingell (b.1953)

Weathering steel & stone

A Witney Yarn
© the artist. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

A Witney Yarn 2009–2010

Rob Turner (b.1962)

Ceramic

W 450 x D 450 cm

Great Western Park Obelisk
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

Great Western Park Obelisk

unknown artist

Stainless steel

H 350 x W 100 x D 100 cm

Emperors' Heads
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Dee Robinson / Art UK

Emperors' Heads 1972

Michael Black (1928–2019)

Clipsham stone

H 120 x W 60 cm