LEGACY

When Terence Cuneo died in 1996, many of his friends felt that his
achievements, as one of the 20th Century’s best and most versatile
painters, should be recognised and celebrated.

 

And so a committee was formed of family and friends with the goal of raising enough
money to commission a statue of Terence Cuneo. As a result ‘TheTerence Cuneo Memorial

Trust’ was formally established as a Registered Charity in March 2002. It is a measure

of the affection in which Terence Cuneo was held by the Royal Family that HM The Queen graciously agreed to head the subscription list. Thanks to a magnificent gesture from an admirer of Cuneo’s paintings, Philip Jackson, the renowned sculptor was commissioned

to create the statue.

 

In addition, the committee set up the annual Cuneo prize at his alma mater, The Slade School of Fine Art, for the purpose of both encouraging new talent and to foster an awareness of Cuneo’s work amongst younger generations.
 

The statue was formally unveiled at Waterloo Station on the 26 th October 2004 by HRH The Princess Royal who also presented the inaugural Cuneo Prize at the Slade Art School. The 1.5 times life-size bronze statue of Terence Cuneo now stands at The Royal Engineers Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent.
 

In 2019 The family were presented to Queen Elizabeth II when Her Majesty unveiled
a plaque to officially open the new Smith Centre at The Science Museum in London.
The Centre has as its centrepiece one of Cuneo’s largest paintings, the ‘General
Electrical Company, Witton Works Birmingham’.