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The sculpture, designed by the Polish sculptor Bronislaw Kubica, stands outside the Royal Festival Hall, facing Queen Elizabeth Hall.

The inscription reads: Fryderyk Chopin 1810-1849. "Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties." - a quotation from Chopin.

The sculpture, a gift from Poland in 1975, was put in storage during development works on the Southbank, renovated and then re-sited in 2011. Partially abstract, the head seems to show the conventional two sides of Chopin with the face split between a confident younger composer and the strained sick man in a photo taken in 1949. (This is sometimes contested.) _______________________________

§ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/15/chopin-200th-anniversary" rel="nofollow">"Cannon-fire and blossom: the two sides of Chopin"</a>. Guardian Article by Tom Service; 15 February 2010.
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Author Alan Stanton
Camera location51° 30′ 21.97″ N, 0° 06′ 59.49″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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