{"id":154515,"date":"2025-09-19T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154515\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:23:05","slug":"acclaimed-manx-sculptor-bryan-kneale-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/154515\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed Manx sculptor Bryan Kneale dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Friday, 19 September 2025 10:23\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/228498-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Picture credit: Isle of Man Arts Council<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            His final work is due to be unveiled next month\n        <\/p>\n<p>Acclaimed Manx artist and sculptor Bryan Kneale has died at the age of 95.<\/p>\n<p>He was a founding member of the Isle of Man Arts Council, which has paid tribute to him, describing him as one of the Island&#8217;s most prolific and celebrated artists.<\/p>\n<p>After international success, he was the first abstract sculptor elected as a Royal Academician, and in 2019 he received an MBE in recognition of his outstanding services to art.<\/p>\n<p>His final work, Eelips, is due to be unveiled in the Tynwald National Park and Arboretum next month.<\/p>\n<p>The arts council says the sculpture will stand as a lasting tribute to his creativity, innovation and enduring contribution to Manx culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, 19 September 2025 10:23 Picture credit: Isle of Man Arts Council His final work is due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134,525,522,523,524,136,44,526],"class_list":["post-154515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fun","tag-isle-of-man","tag-manx","tag-manx-news","tag-music","tag-news","tag-presenters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}