List of public art in Dorset

This is a list of public art in Dorset, in England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Bournemouth
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Bournemouth - A History of Shaping the Future Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth

50.723246°N 1.867461°W / 50.723246; -1.867461		 Rick Walker[1]
A Life Lost to AIDS in Dorset Pier Approach, Bournemouth

50.716817°N 1.876021°W / 50.716817; -1.876021		 Tiles Tile designs created by students of Secondary Schools in Bournemouth and Poole during HIV/AIDS awareness workshops run by DAMSET (Dorset AIDS Memorial Schools Educational Trust).[2]
Lewis Tregonwell Exeter Road, Bournemouth

50.716819°N 1.877876°W / 50.716819; -1.877876		 Jonathan Sells[3] Purbeck stone from St. Aldhelm's Head, Dorset.3' x 2'6" x 7'6"
Muriel Exeter Road, Bournemouth

50.7191°N 1.8803°W / 50.7191; -1.8803		 Aubrey Beardsley

Bovington
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Memorial Statue Bovington Tank Museum, Bovington Vivien Mallock after George Henry Paulin Resin

Poole
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Statue of Robert Baden-Powell The Quay, Poole

50.71195°N 1.98592°W / 50.71195; -1.98592		 2008 (2008)David Annand Bronze facing Brownsea Island.[4][5]

Weymouth and Osmington
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
Osmington White Horse Osmington Hill, Osmington

50.65741°N 2.40438°W / 50.65741; -2.40438		 1808 Chalk The rider is King George III.

More images		 Statue of Queen Victoria Outside St John's Church, The Esplanade, Weymouth 1902George Blackall Simonds Statue on pedestalBronze and Portland stone7m tall [6]

Portland
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions Designation Notes
'Hearth'. Tout Quarry

50.553078, -2.443941		 1989Tim Shutter Portland Stone183 x 152 cm A simple fire place carved directly into the quarry face. A corner of domesticity in what can be a harsh environment.

Other

Dorset was once considered for a hill figure of Marilyn Monroe, but the figure was never made.[7]

References
  1. http://thedayswelivefor.com/2016/04/05/bournemouth-a-history-of-shaping-the-future/
  2. Details taken from information incorporated into the art work
  3. https://www.jonathan-sells.com/project/tregonwell-creeke-statue/
  4. "Baden-Powell Returns To Poole Quay". Borough of Poole. 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011.
  5. Cartlidge, Sarah. "Everything you need to know about the Baden-Powell statue". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. Historic England. "Queen Victoria Statue (1272145)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/hillfigs/arch/designs.htm
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