Bust of Revd. Lord Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper of Kingsway
1950-2000 / Bust / Metal / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Sculpture / Wesley's Chapel / Wood
Metal, wooden plinth
Sculpture by Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006), 1998
This bust was sculpted to commemorate the life of Revd. Lord Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper of Kingsway (1903–1998). Soper was a Methodist minister, pacifist and socialist, who was known for his powerful preaching and wit.
Ian Homer Walters (1930-2006) was a committed socialist who taught sculpture at Stourbridge College of Art and later at Guildford School of Art. He took part in Josip Broz Tito's public sculpture programmes in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and in the 1970s worked with the African National Congress.
See also Soper's portable preaching stand and the cartoon of Soper preaching in the Online Collection.
Sculpture by Ian Homer Walters (1930–2006), 1998
This bust was sculpted to commemorate the life of Revd. Lord Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper of Kingsway (1903–1998). Soper was a Methodist minister, pacifist and socialist, who was known for his powerful preaching and wit.
Ian Homer Walters (1930-2006) was a committed socialist who taught sculpture at Stourbridge College of Art and later at Guildford School of Art. He took part in Josip Broz Tito's public sculpture programmes in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and in the 1970s worked with the African National Congress.
See also Soper's portable preaching stand and the cartoon of Soper preaching in the Online Collection.
