Michael Lyons obituary

The sculptor Michael Lyons, who has died aged 75, welded iron and steel into constructions that elegantly combined robust grace with a tough lyricism. Living first in Pocklington, north Yorkshire, and later at Cawood, near Selby, he was one of the group of artists who developed successful careers from a non-metropolitan base. Such strength of mind was the driving force that Michael and others, principally Peter Murray, engaged to create the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 1977. Continue reading...