15/05/2026
Back at this weekend for a press tour and still enthralled by Lynn Chadwick’s stunning ‘Ace of Diamonds’ which looks so at home on the main lawn moving gracefully in the brisk Norfolk breeze.
‘Ace of Diamonds’ was the last work Lynn Chadwick made and at over 6m wide is also his largest. It originated as a 1m proposal for a memorial commission for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy which Chadwick served under during the Second World War.
Unfortunately it was too contemporary for the commission but Chadwick persevered and spent the next ten years bringing it to fruition.
My video was slightly wobbly so here is the wonderful version!
Lynn Chadwick
Ace of Diamonds
1986-1996, Stainless steel