Gordon Herickx

Born in Birmingham, one of seven children of gem setter Emile Herickx and his wife Martha, Herickx won a scholarship in 1914 to study under William Bloye at the Birmingham School of Art, completing his studies after World War I.

Aside from Bloye his sculpture showed the influence of Constantin Brâncuși and Eric Gill.

[1][3] Herickx's first solo exhibition was held in London in July 1953, but he died in Birmingham the night after the show's opening.

A memorial exhibition was held in October–November that year in Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

The poet Louis MacNeice included Herickx as the character "Wimbush" in his autobiographical poem Autumn Sequel.