Laurence Broderick, MRBS, FRSA was a British sculptor. His best known work is 'The Bull', a public sculpture erected in 2003 at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. The Bull is about 4.5 meters long, about 220 cm high and weighs about 6.5 tons. It is one of the largest bronze animal sculptures in the country. His work consists largely of figurative carvings in stone and editions in bronze.
Broderick with The Bull
The Bull
Maxwell Otter at ADC Engineering Aberdeen
Leaping salmon, Chester Business Park
The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham England, and has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area; in the 1960s, and then in 2003; the latter is styled as one word, Bullring. When coupled with Grand Central it forms the United Kingdom's largest city centre based shopping centre, styled as Bullring & Grand Central.
The Bull Ring in 2011
The commercial heart of Birmingham; (l-r) St. Martin's Church, St. Martin's Square, the shopping complex and Selfridges building.
The Bull Ring viewed from the High Street in the 1880s.
Destruction of the Bull Ring in the Birmingham Blitz in 1940