{"id":304996,"date":"2026-02-27T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304996\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:43:11","slug":"bryan-kneale-sculpture-restored-and-returns-to-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304996\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Kneale sculpture restored and returns to museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Born in Douglas in 1930, Kneale studied at the Douglas School of Art in 1947 before being awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He taught at the Royal Academy of Art for almost 30 years, holding the position of head of sculpture and professor of drawing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-isle-of-man-46783561\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He was made an MBE for services to the arts in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His most well-known works on the island include a large bronze triskelion at the entrance to Isle of Man Airport at Ronaldsway, and busts of Captain John Quilliam in Castletown and Manx martyr Illiam Dhone in Malew Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Manx National Heritage is proud to see Yn Arreyder brilliantly restored and returned to its place overlooking Douglas Bay,&#8221; said Chris Weeks, from Manx National Heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This important work is a powerful symbol of Manx creativity and identity, and we are delighted that it can continue to be enjoyed by the public for many years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;The conservation of Yn Arreyder has been carried out to an exceptional standard, and we are sincerely grateful for the outstanding workmanship.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Born in Douglas in 1930, Kneale studied at the Douglas School of Art in 1947 before being awarded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-304996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}