Bryan Kneale

Robert Bryan Charles Kneale (19 June 1930 – 19 September 2025) was a Manx artist and sculptor, described by BBC News Online as "one of the Isle of Man's best known artists."

Life and career Born in the island's capital, Douglas, on 19 June 1930, Kneale studied painting at the Douglas School of Art, from which he graduated in 1947, and then moved to London, to study at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1948, he won the Rome Prize and spent some time living in Italy. best known for his Quatermass television serials. Kneale illustrated the covers for Penguin Books' releases of his elder brother's Quatermass scripts in 1960. He was also responsible for a painting of a lobster from which BBC special effects designers Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine drew their inspiration for the Martian creatures they constructed for Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59).

For his sculpture Capt Quilliam, he received the 2007 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, for services to British Art.