Today is the start of a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum; Darwin 200 I was sent this book for providing a picture of the sculpture of Thomas Hardy by Eric Kennington for the start of chapter 10. It was published to coincide with Darwin 200 events in Great Britain. Darwin was born in […]
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Outside but inside the V and A
Some how I managed to avoid the green screens. The chocolate cake is a must too.
George Washington on American soil in England
Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London The best known sculptures in Trafalgar Square are of course Nelson’s, the lions and the fourth plinth (!), but we also have a few others including some from North America. One from a rebellious colony Virginia, gave us a chap with an English name and some American soil for […]
The Principality
No prizes for guessing where we have been! We parked near the law courts! And for the reason? Beautiful day Interesting buildings and some sculpture. I really love the dragon on the right Uni And, for those of you who drive on the wrong side of the road, this is the right side of the […]
More Martyrs from Dorset
As an addendum to this I recently read about some more Catholic martyrs from Chideock. There was once a castle there and was a significantly Roman Catholic area in the first Elizabethan era and to the present day. (Picture borrowed from the Chideock website.)
Anteros, (Eros) Shaftesbury Memorial, Piccadilly.
As Punch so well shows, watch your back Felipe! Alfred Gilbert who I have mentioned before is one of my favourite sculptors. Not all his work is to my liking; however Eros had a special place in my heart, long before I started my career as a sculptor or considered its aesthetic merits in detail. […]
No Mr. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, more Sculpture please
It interests me that such a celebrated academic of international dimension should cast such a shadow upon the hard working sculptors of Great Britain in his article in the Evening Standard on the 7th of March. It has taken that long for me to count to ten! I do not need to defend any sculptor’s […]
Relief
I wait with bated breath for the next instalment of Amanda Sisk’s post on sculptural relief and drawing. As Chris has also picked up this subject in a very positive way I felt somewhat bound to add my bit. It is necessary sometimes to resort to relief for reasons of space in particular. I do […]
One Of Art’s Greatest Secrets
95. Female Figure. A Fragment.1904, plaster. A note of explanation Chris Millers site of 20 C figure sculpture started me off with this blog, so I must get back again to the business in hand. Please forgive the enthusiasm I have for this Sculptor, but I am somewhat incensed at the low profile he seems […]
Drax
Everyone who comes to visit us for the first time asks, as they arrive, “what is that great arch with the deer on it just up the road”? We call it Stag Gate. We live in an interesting part of England. The answer is Charlborough Park, The Drax estate. The Wikipedia entry is well worth […]
