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Morris Singer is a British art foundry, recognised as the oldest fine art foundry in the world. Its predecessor, Singer was established in 1848 in Frome, Somerset, by John Webb Singer, as the Frome Art Metal Works.
The Singer Art Foundry was famous for its metal bronzes, including the monumental "Boadicea and her Daughters" at Westminster Bridge, "Justice" on the top of the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey and John Knox in Edinburgh.
During the first half of the 20th century, following the amalgamation of the Morris Art Bronze company (set up in 1921) with J W Singer & Sons in 1927, the foundry was situated in Lambeth, London. Many famous sculptures were cast there, including that of Reynolds by Alfred Drury in the Royal Academy courtyard in London (1930), Jacob Epstein's "St Michael's Victory over the Devil" for Coventry Cathedral and the Single Form sculpture outside the UN in 1964 by Barbara Hepworth.
Thornycroft's last work was the 1925 recumbent statue of the Bishop of Coventry which was almost the only major artefact that survived the bombing of Coventry Cathedral in 1940. Morris Singer skilfully repaired the damaged casting in the 1950s.
In 1967, the company moved premises to a more spacious site in Basingstoke. Oscar Nemon's seated statue of Sigmund Freud in Hampstead was cast there and installed in 1971. In 1984, it was owned by listed company William Morris Fine Arts.
Since 2001, the company has been based in Lasham, Hampshire. To this day, the foundry has expertise in a range of services, including bronze casting, lost wax casting, moulding, patination and many more. Nic Fiddian-Green's Still Water was installed near Marble Arch in 2011. A more recent casting was for the Tedworth House Recovery Centre, opened on 20 May 2013 by Princes William and Henry - the Help for Heroes statue.
References
External links
Official website
Singer & Sons Ltd, Frome
Marius Iancu better known by his stage name Morris (born in Roman, Romania on 9 September 1976) is a Romanian singer and DJ specializing in pop music, house and electro sounds. He is signed to the Romanian Roton record label.
Career
Marius Iancu picked the name Morris in school where there were "too many Mariuses". He started acting and taking drama studies at Facultatii de Teatru and continued into working in commercials, television series and films. His interest in music led him to appear as DJ and singer in various night venues in Bucharest and elsewhere, also taking part in music contests and music festivals.
In 2008, he started collaborating with the Romanian music producing trio Play & Win most notably with his big hit in Romania "Till the Morning Light" in 2008 and "Desire" in 2009 that became a hit not only in Romania, but also in Russia, Poland and Spain. He also collaborated with and gained further fame with his European hit "Havana Lover" featuring Sonny Flame in 2009 and with "Angel Eyes" with David Deejay in 2010.
Awards and nominations
In 2009, Morris was nominated for his song "Desire" at the Romanian Top Hits Awards for category "Best Hit – Male"
In 2011, he won the 'Best DJ' category at the Romanian Top Hits Awards.
Discography/videography
(Selective)
2008: Till The Morning Light
2008: Desire
2009: Havana Lover feat. Sonny Flame
2009: Destiny
2009: Lost
2010: Angel Eyes feat. David Deejay
2011: Because Of You
2012: Boca Linda feat. Reea & Tamy
2013: Awela
2013: Siente La Vibra feat. Tamy
2013: Reina feat. Alex Rubio
References
External links
Official website
Discogs
Last.fm
Roton label website