Image ID: 10190

Artwork by Robert Kiddey, Bust of Cyril Parlby Director of the Newark Advertiser, Newark on Trent, 1951

Courtesy of Newark Advertiser

Magnus Street (Offices of Newark Advertiser)
Newark on Trent
England

Robert Kiddey (1900-1984) was a well known Newark based artist and sculptor. The picture shows Robert Kiddey's bust of Cyril Everard Parlby. Mr Cyril Parlby, MBE, JP, who was born on 3rd January 1896 and died on 28th May 1976. he was director of the Newark Advertiser from 1923 until his death, editor from 1930 to 1967 and chairman from 1967 until his death. For the festival of Britain in 1951, Robert Kiddey sculpted the heads of the then two editors of the local newspapers, Mr Parlby of the Newark Advertiser and Mr Fred T. Jones of the Newark Herald. Mr Jones' widow gave the Jones bust to the Gilstrap Library. We had two bronze casts made of ours. Newark Advertiser picture reference 6805-21 Robert Kiddey was born at Nottingham in 1900. His gift for art made itself apparent at an early age, and at 14 he enrolled at Nottingham School of Art on Waverley Street. Following active service in the First World War as a private in the Notts & Derbys Regiment of Foot, he came to Newark in 1931 as an art teacher at the newly opened Technical College. From that time onwards he made Newark his permanent home and over the years set up his studio in a number of places around the town _ on the wharf, in the market place, and latterly in a former infant school at 5a King Street. It was from these locations in the heart of Newark that he produced an impressive variety of sculptures, carvings and paintings that were destined to grace not only the walls of private homes and public buildings (including Southwell Minster), but also to receive due recognition at the Royal Academy and showings at some of the art world

Date: 01/04/1993

Organisation Reference: NCCE004192

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