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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Young > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Young.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Young > Source revision: 1343837811 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English sculptor, born 1951}} {{about|the artist|other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}} | birth_place = [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England) | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Sculptor | alma_mater = | parents = [Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet](/source/Wayland_Young%2C_2nd_Baron_Kennet) and [Elizabeth Young](/source/Elizabeth_Young%2C_Lady_Kennet) | relatives = [Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet](/source/Hilton_Young%2C_1st_Baron_Kennet) (grandfather); [Kathleen Scott](/source/Kathleen_Scott) (grandmother); [Louisa Young](/source/Louisa_Young) (sister) | children = | notableworks = | website = {{URL|emilyyoung.com}} }} '''Emily Young''' [FRBS](/source/Royal_British_Society_of_Sculptors) (born 1951) is a British sculptor,{{cite web |last= |title=Emily Young |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/emily-young/ |access-date=2007-02-22 |website=Artnet}} who has been called "Britain's greatest living stone sculptor".{{cite news|last=Wullschlager |first=Jackie |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/9f824000-1170-11e3-a14c-00144feabdc0.html |title=Emily Young, We Are Stone's Children, Fine Art Society, London – review |work=[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times) |date=2013-09-01 |access-date=2014-01-06}} She was born in London into a family of artists, writers and politicians. She currently divides her time between studios in London and Italy.{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Emily Young |url=https://www.emilyyoung.com/about/ |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=Emily Young}} ==Biography== [[Image:Salisburycathedral0261.jpg|thumb|150px|right|''Lunar Disc I'', at [Salisbury Cathedral](/source/Salisbury_Cathedral), England]] Her mother was the writer and commentator [Elizabeth Young](/source/Elizabeth_Young%2C_Lady_Kennet), her father, [Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet](/source/Wayland_Young%2C_2nd_Baron_Kennet), a politician, conservationist and writer.{{cite book|last=Chapman|first=Rob|title=Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head|url=https://archive.org/details/sydbarrettveryir00chap|url-access=registration|year=2010|publisher=Faber|location=London|isbn=978-0-571-23855-2|edition=Paperback|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sydbarrettveryir00chap/page/93 93–94]|chapter=Flicker Flicker Blam Blam Pow}} Emily Young's paternal grandparents were the politician and writer [Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet](/source/Hilton_Young%2C_1st_Baron_Kennet), and the sculptor [Kathleen Scott](/source/Kathleen_Scott), the widow of the polar explorer [Robert Falcon Scott](/source/Robert_Falcon_Scott).{{Cite web |last=Tobin |first=Emily |date=20 May 2020 |title=Sculptor Emily Young's Tuscan Monastery |url=https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/emily-young |access-date=5 April 2022 |website=House & Garden}} Her uncle was the ornithologist, conservationist and painter, Sir [Peter Scott](/source/Peter_Scott), who founded the [Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust](/source/Wildfowl_%26_Wetlands_Trust).{{cn|date=August 2024}} Emily Young received her secondary education at [Putney High School](/source/Putney_High_School), [Holland Park School](/source/Holland_Park_School), [Friends School Saffron Walden](/source/Friends_School_Saffron_Walden) and the [King Alfred School, London](/source/King_Alfred_School%2C_London).{{cn|date=August 2024}} First interested in painting, she spent her youth in London, [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire) and Italy, before she attended the [Chelsea School of Art](/source/Chelsea_School_of_Art) for one term in 1968 and also studied at [Saint Martin's School of Art](/source/Saint_Martin's_School_of_Art). In the late 1960s and 1970s, she travelled widely, visiting Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, France and Italy, Africa and the Middle East. While at Holland Park School in 1966, she became a regular at the nearby [London Free School](/source/London_Free_School) night sessions in the [Notting Hill](/source/Notting_Hill) area, which brought her into contact with many in the [UK Underground](/source/UK_Underground).Barry Miles (2010), ''London Calling: A Countercultural History of London since 1945'', p. 188. She may have been the inspiration for the song "[See Emily Play](/source/See_Emily_Play)", written by [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd)'s [Syd Barrett](/source/Syd_Barrett).{{cite book |last=Chapman |first=Rob |title=Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head |url=https://archive.org/details/sydbarrettveryir00chap |url-access=registration |year=2010 |publisher=Faber |location=London |edition=Paperback |page=[https://archive.org/details/sydbarrettveryir00chap/page/161 161] |chapter=Distorted View – See Through Baby Blue|isbn=978-0-571-23854-5 }} During the 1970s and 1980s, she lived and worked with [Simon Jeffes](/source/Simon_Jeffes), leader of the [Penguin Cafe Orchestra](/source/Penguin_Cafe_Orchestra), and had one son, [Arthur](/source/Arthur_Jeffes), born in 1978.{{cn|date=August 2024}} ===Work=== Young's sculpture is held in many public as well as private collections. Some of her permanent installations can be seen in [St Paul's Churchyard](/source/St_Paul's_Churchyard) and [Salisbury Cathedral](/source/Salisbury_Cathedral).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_21_fri.shtml |title="Emily Young – Sculptor", BBC ''Woman's Hour'' Arts Archive, 25 May 2007. |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218012215/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_21_fri.shtml |archive-date=18 December 2018 |url-status=live }} Young's ''Lunar Disc 1'' was installed at [Loyola University Chicago](/source/Loyola_University_Chicago) in 2011.{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Ari |date=2015-04-23 |title=Where Did All of the Sculptures Come From? |language=en-US |work=Loyola Phoenix |url=http://loyolaphoenix.com/2015/04/where-did-all-of-the-sculptures-come-from/ |access-date=2018-03-23}} File:Warrior Poet by Emily Young 03.jpg|''Warrior Poet'', (2011), [Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum), London File:Emily Young à Paternoster Square.jpg|''Angel I to IV'', [Paternoster Square](/source/Paternoster_Square), London Archangel Michael, St Pancras New Church, London.JPG|''Archangel Michael'', [St Pancras New Church](/source/St_Pancras_New_Church), London ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.emilyyoung.com/ Official Emily Young website] *{{Art UK bio}} {{Penguin Cafe Orchestra}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Emily}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century English sculptors Category:21st-century English sculptors Category:21st-century English women sculptors Category:20th-century English women sculptors Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Category:Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Category:Daughters of barons Category:English contemporary artists Category:Marist School (Georgia) alumni Category:Penguin Cafe Orchestra members Category:People educated at Friends School Saffron Walden Category:People educated at Holland Park School Category:People educated at King Alfred School, London Category:People educated at Putney High School Category:Sculptors from London --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emily Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Young) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Young?action=history)). 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