Sculptor, born in London. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art, 1948–52, and subsequently the Slade School of Fine Art, 1953. He lived and worked in Old Heathfield, Sussex, and was noted for his portraits. He showed nine busts at the Royal Academy, 1966–82, only the first two, in 1966, in bronze, the remainder in bronze resin. The subjects of his two bronzes were the most noteworthy: the ballerina, Dame Alicia Markova, 1961 (one cast was donated by the sculptor’s widow to the National Portrait Gallery in 1992, another was presented by S.H. Burton to the Royal Ballet School, Richmond Park) and the actress, Honor Blackman. Browne carved figures of Hope and Justice for Guildford Cathedral and has work at City University, London; in Crawley, West Sussex (Family Group, 1959); and in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (Growth, 1977). He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.
Bibliography: D. Buckman, Artists in Britain since 1945 (2 vols: A–L, M–Z), Bristol, 2006; F. Lloyd et al, Public Sculpture of Outer South and West London, Liverpool, 2011, p. 274; J. Seddon et al, Public Sculpture of Sussex, Liverpool, 2014, p. 128.
Jill Seddon, Peter Seddon and Anthony McIntosh, 2014; revised, Terry Cavanagh, February 2025
