Hiroshima Departed
Hiroshima Departed by Ronald Rae (1985)
The third piece of Ronald Rae sculptures in Milton Keynes parks can be found in the grounds of the Buddhist Temple at Willen Lake North. Donated in 2007 to the Temple, the piece is carved from granite in memory of those who died at Hiroshima. This sculpture warns of the tragedy of nuclear war. Every year on the 6th August, Hiroshima Day, the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist monks and nuns organise a floating lantern memorial service at the lakeside.
Ronald Rae is a fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors and has had a long and successful career working in carving granite on many public and private commissions. He has had major exhibitions of hand carved granite sculptors across the UK. Much of the granite Rae has used for his sculptures comes from Scotland and the silver grey granite of War Veteran, Animals in War and Hiroshima Departed is from Creetown and Dalbeattie quarries in the Solway Firth.
Find this art work in the garden at Willen Temple. What3words ///pupils.quality.flirts
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Campbell Park ArtCampbell Park is our central city art park with 13 art pieces
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Public Art in our ParksOur parks are home to nearly 30 pieces of beautiful public art.
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Willen LabyrinthLandscape architecture can be found at Willen Lake North
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Peace PagodaThe first of its kind in the Western hemisphere
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Souls in LoveWhite marble sculpture by Frederic Chevarin
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Animals in WarA memorial of all animals that have died in wars by sculptor Ronald Rae
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War VeteranCarved from granite by Ronald Rae
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Medicine WheelConsisting of two concentric circles of stone this feature uses the 'Midsummer Line' which follows the Midsummer sunrise
