Melanie le Brocquy (23 December 1919 – 22 June 2018) was an Irish sculptor who specialized in female figures and family members.
Among her most successful pieces are busts of her brother Louis (1916–2012), a painter, and of her mother.
[2][3][4] Born in Dublin in 1919, Melanie le Brocquy attended the National College of Art & Design before continuing her studies at Geneva's École des Beaux-Arts.
She then returned to Ireland in order to study at Dublin's Royal Hibernian Academy.
Among her awards are the California Gold Medal (1939) and the Claremorris Open Exhibition prize (1991).