{"id":630134,"date":"2026-08-10T12:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/630134\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:39:12","slug":"sculptor-behind-iconic-and-remarkable-statues-across-ireland-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/630134\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculptor behind \u2018iconic and remarkable\u2019 statues across Ireland has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCULPTOR VINCENT BROWNE has died at the age of 78.<\/p>\n<p>Browne was one of Ireland\u2019s most prolific sculptors, and he created many iconic public art works around Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>These include the Temple Bar Palm Tree and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.excellentstreetimages.com\/in-the-year-twentytwentyone\/public-art-photograhed-using-an-iphone\/tree-of-life-by-vincent-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tree of Life<\/a>, which is situated outside Blanchardstown Civic Offices.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786365550_964_.jpeg\"  alt=\"image\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            File image of man sheltering from rain under bronze Palm Tree sculpture in Temple Bar                    RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n<p>    RollingNews.ie\n<\/p>\n<p>Browne also created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickcomerford.com\/2018\/03\/limericks-anti-war-memorial-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anti-War Memorial in Limerick<\/a>, as well as Mr Screen, a caricature statue of a cinema usher which stood outside Screen Cinema until its closure in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/mr-screen-found-2658966-Mar2016\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Screen was later relocated<\/a> to the Savoy on O\u2019Connell Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786365551_379_.jpeg\"  alt=\"download (2)\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Mr Screen outside Screen Cinema in 2016                    RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n<p>    RollingNews.ie\n<\/p>\n<p>Browne was born in Dublin in 1947 and studied at the National College of Art and Design, as well as the Jan Van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>He died last week on 5 August.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786365552_614_.jpeg\"  alt=\"BY3bOBAIUAARuoS\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Tree of Life sculpture outside Blanchardstown Civic Offices.                    Fingal County Council<\/p>\n<p>    Fingal County Council\n<\/p>\n<p>Fianna F\u00e1il TD Malcolm Byrne said it was \u201cwith great sadness\u201d that he learned of the death of the \u201cwonderful sculptor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a student in Dublin, I loved going to the Screen Cinema, and remembered always passing the statue of Mr Screen, the smiling usher that he created,\u201d said Byrne.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786365552_575_.jpeg\"  alt=\"Vincent_Browne_bb0566817e205166c9f6b11d8b9dd2ab5d2734dbb4b4444d\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Vincent Browne                    RIP.ie<\/p>\n<p>    RIP.ie\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe produced so many iconic and remarkable works around Ireland. My deepest sympathies to his family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCULPTOR VINCENT BROWNE has died at the age of 78. 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