death_date birth_place nationality honorific_suffix parents birth_date article_title name occupation style
20 august 1961 belfast , united kingdom english mbe edmund t. thompson 09 may 1898 edmund thompson
 edmund charles thompson sculptor art deco
edmund thompson

edmund charles thompson mbe -lrb- 9 may 1898 , belfast -- 20 august 1961 -rrb- was an english sculptor , active in liverpool between the first and second world war .
the son of sculptor edmund t. thompson , he worked in the art deco style and was an admirer of eric gill .
he worked closely with the architect herbert james rowse on many of the latter 's buildings , and on civic projects .
his work is featured in the liverpool philharmonic hall -lrb- gilded reliefs of apollo , on the landings -rrb- and at the portal of the queensway tunnel -lrb- basalt statues of ` day ' and ` night ' -rrb- .
he was sometimes assisted by george capstick .
he was made mbe in 1959 .
a selection of his works , in the possession of his family , were featured on the bbc 's `` antiques roadshow '' programme on 21 october 2012 , accompanied by his daughter .
