Etienne Millner

Biography

Etienne Millner is a figurative sculptor working from his studio in Stockwell. The majority of his commissioned work is portraits; both monumental and life size and cast in bronze. Though he works whenever possible from life much of his work is made from drawings and photographs. These sculptures range from over life size statues in public places to figure groups, busts of politicians, writers, musicians and other public figures and private portraits.

Etienne started his career as a student at Goldsmith’s College studying under Welsh sculptor Ivor Roberts Jones (Churchill in Parliament Square).  Swimming against the tide in the 1970s, he chose his own direction maintaining a clear vision in his work, with the human figure as its central theme. Now, as portraits have again emerged at the forefront of contemporary art, Millner’s sculptures, expressive of their subjects with their own inner dynamic, have established him as a leading portrait sculptor, recognised with strong demand for his work.

Commissions are wide ranging and have included Sir Lennox Berkeley, Lord and Lady Harris of Peckham, Toyah Willcox, Adrian Daintrey, Viscount Whitelaw, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Lord Thurlow, Rumer Godden, Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Lord Allenby, Lord Balfour of Inchrye, Count Jules Dembinski, Alexander Wyndham and Arsene Wenger.

His well-known portraits of children have included heads of Oliver Mould, Archie Soames, The Hon. Miriam Marks, the Clark family, the children of Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone and of The Earl and Countess of March. He has made several portrait figure groups including major sculptures for a country house in Essex, and for Holdenby House in Northamptonshire.

Works are in numerous collections including: National Portrait Gallery; Harris Manchester College, Oxford; Wellington College; Goodwood House; Weston Foundation; Longford Castle; Daily Mail; London Borough of Ealing and The Museum of The Negev, Israel, as well as private collections at home and abroad. Exhibitions include Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, Society of Portrait Sculptors, Royal Society of Portrait Painters Peoples Portraits 2000; New Faces at the NPG and one man show at Cadogan Contemporary.

Education: Goldsmiths’ College and the Royal Academy Schools. Etienne is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and Past President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.

CV

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Selected Commisions

Lord Harris of Peckham, The National Portrait Gallery, London

Lord Thurlow, The de Lisle Collection, Quenby Hall

Viscount Folkestone, The Radnor Collection, Longford Castle

Lord Settrington, Trustees of the Richmond Settlement, Goodwood House

Rumer Godden

Toyah Willcox

The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Whitelaw, C.H, M.C

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Football Club

Sir Lennox Berkeley

Sir Derek Alun-Jones

Mrs Rosemary Said, Said Collection, Tusmore Park

Lord Balfour of Inchrye

Garry Weston, C.B.E , The Weston Foundation

The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band

Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Wellington College

Field Marshal Lord Allenby, The Museum of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel. Life-size and a half bust.

Charles Harris MC, Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Life-size statue.

First World War ‘Tommy’, Featherstone School Memorial, London Borough of Ealing

Aristotle as an Amateur Athlete, seven foot statue for London Olympics 2012