David Cornell studied at the Central School of Art London, and the Academy of Fine Art Philadelphia, USA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Art, a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and was elected Vice President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 1977, he also holds many Arts Council Awards.
David has sculpted more official portraits of the British Royal Family than any other sculptor, his work is in the royal collection and many private collections throughout the world. He has worked in collaboration with many other distinguished artists including Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Manzu, Salvador Dali, Taro Okamoto and Marc Chagall.
He creates both figurative and abstract art, and his varied subjects range from dancers to racehorses to wild animals. David won the Royal Mint competition for the new £5 Memorial Coin of Diana, Princess of Wales. Recent commissions include the first official portrait of Prince William. In 1996 he depicted 40 coins depicting HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's life from a small child until her senior years; the work took 3 years to complete. In 2001 he sculpted a life size bronze figure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for Crowborough County Council.
David is biographically listed in: Who's Who in Western Europe; Who's Who in Art and Antiques; Who's Who in the Commonwealth and The History of International Art, Profili di Artisti Contemporanei.
If you are interested in a more complete profile of the Artist please click on this link Biographical Notes