William Pye

William Burns Pye (born 1938) is a British sculptor known particularly for his water sculptures.

Biography Water Tower by William Pye at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales. Pye is the son of Sir David Randall Pye FRS, a mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He attended the Dragon School in Oxford. He cites his aunt, sculptor Ethel Pye, as an early inspiration.

He undertook National Service between 1956 and 1958 then subsequently studied at Wimbledon School of Art (1958–61) and the Royal College of Art (1961–65). From 1965 to 1970 Pye taught at the Central School of Art before teaching at Goldsmiths, University of London for five years. In 1972, he was a visiting professor at California State University.

Pye has undertaken major commissions including: Zemran (1971), Stainless steel sculpture located on the Southbank Centre in London, which was listed Grade II on the advice of Historic England in 2016. Double Somersault (1976), Sculpture located outside Sheffield Children's Hospital. Vannpaviljong (2011), Stromso Square, Drammen, Norway