| Karen Newman | |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Occupation: | Sculptor |
| Period: | from 1965 onwards |
| Genre: | Figurative sculpture |
| Subject: | Portrait sculpture |
Karen Newman MRBS (born 20 January 1951) is a British-born sculptor, best known for her bronze bust of Violette Szabo on the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, outside Lambeth Palace in London.[1]
Newman was trained at the Chelsea School of Art for a Pre-Diploma 1969–1970, then on to the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, London 1970–1972. From 1980 to 2001 Newman worked at Madame Tussauds in London. Among her subjects were:
Newman's life-size waxwork of Charlie Chaplin was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 2008, a bronze bust of Violette Szabo was unveiled at the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, in front of Lambeth Palace.[2]