Karen Newman

Who is Karen Newman?

Karen Newman ARBS is a British-born sculptor, best known for her bronze bust of Violette Szabo on the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, outside Lambeth Palace in London. Karen was formally trained at the Chelsea School of Art for a Pre-Diploma 1969-1970, then on to the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, London 1970-1972.

From 1980 to 2001 Karen worked at Madame Tussauds in London. Among her subjects were:

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

Charlie Chaplin

The late ex-Prime Minister Harold Wilson

Sarah, Duchess of York

Stevie Wonder

Eric Clapton

Bob Geldof

Prime Minister Tony Blair

The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin

Jeroen Krabbé. Dutch film actor, painter.

Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Jean-Paul Gaultier

Yoko Ono

Charles Dance

Hugh Grant

Billy Connolly

Karen's life-size Waxwork of Charlie Chaplin was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.