Michael Rizzello

Michael Gaspard Rizzello OBE (2 April 1926 – 28 September 2004) was a sculptor, medallist, and designer.

He attended the Royal College of Art winning both the Drawing Prize and Travelling Scholarship in Sculpture.

[1] Rizzello served an unprecedented term of two five-year periods as President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.

[2] His public statuary includes Dancer with Ribbon in Oxford Street, London (the Plaza, the old Bourne & Hollingsworth).

His David Lloyd George stands in Cathays Park, Cardiff,[3] and other portrait busts include Nelson Mandela.