Arthur Barney Seale was born in Camberwell London, England on 16 March 1896 and was the son of architectural sculptor Gilbert Seale (1862-1933) and the grandson of sculptor John Wesley Seale (1826-1885). He may have received his training as a sculptor with his father and in the family firm of G. Seale & Son.

After serving the Artists' Rifles and later the Royal Flying Corps during World War One, he embarked on a career as an artist. He primarily worked as a portrait and architectural sculptor, Seale also worked as a painter.

Together with Frederick Mancini (1905-1990), Seale made sculptures for the Cunard White Star luxury ocean liner R.M.S. ‘Caronia’ in 1947 including 'Spirit of Relaxation', a three-foot high bronze group, for the Cabin Class Lounge, and ‘Autumn’, and ‘Mermaid and Dolphin’, a seven-foot bronze group, for the First Class Lounge. He also created a sculpture, 'The Ideal Miner', for the National Coal Board stand at the 'Industrial Wales Exhibition' held at Olympia, London, in 1947.

He produced portrait busts several of his fellow artists including Augustus John, James Pryde, T. C. Dugdale and Christopher Nevinson.

Seale exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists and Leger Gallery in London; the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy, Wales; and at the Aberdeen Artists' Society.

He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS) in 1935 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (FRBS) in 1943. He was also a member of the member of the Arts Club, Savage and Chelsea Arts Club.

He died at his home, 141A Old Church Street, in Chelsea, London on 22 July 1957.

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