I had a really great day yesterday in the V&A, my first e-meeting. I had the privilege to meet two of the best bloggers in English. My camera does not like the lighting in dark museums and so my pictures were very disappointing. I do hope that soon our technology will overcome this difficulty of […]
Archive | Sculpture
Lady Godiva
In my continuing search for works by Sir William Reid Dick I found this one of Lady Godiva who’s story has intrigued me since I first heard it as a school boy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Godiva_statue.jpg Also at the RA we can fine a Christ Child and Mother here: http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?submit-button=SUMMARY&$03/1711%20index%20mus_obj_parts=.&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSPFX_=full/t
Sir William Reid Dick’s Kelpie
Marly is right in some respects on the subject of “Kelpie” on my English Sculpture blog. Here is a bronze version of the same sculpture. The plaster would have been made as a “master” and kept by the foundry or the sculptor in case of accident and for the record. Smaller or larger versions could […]
More on relief
For my e-friends across the water I post these that Chris Miller missed out of the Reingold sale catalogue.
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 […]
Tegners Two
215. Man Running after his Ideal 1920, bronze. I have now added some titles and comments. I wonder if it is useful to see them first without and decide on the merits of each work as they are put to you “blind” ? These pictures come from Tegners gallery in Denmark with appropriate permission. 168. […]
One answer to global warming
I hope to do a sculpture of this Fell Pony in time for the Christmas exhibition in London. This is one of the most “more-ish” sports I know. More pictures to come soon.
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 […]
Amanda Sisk
I am slightly in awe of Amanda’s talent and this little computer can give you only a fleeting glimpse of that talent. Sculpture has presence and sculpture has depth in every sense which a two dimensional computer screen or a photograph can not begin to communicate. With this handicap and only these three pictures, “borrowed” […]
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 […]
