George Frampton
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Sir George James Frampton, RA (18 June 1860 – 21 May 1928) was a notable British sculptor and leading member of the New Sculpture movement.[1]
[edit] Early life and career
Frampton, the London-born son of a stonemason, began his working life in an architect's office before studying under William Silver Frith at the City and Guilds of London Art School (formerly Lambeth School of Art). He went on to the Royal Academy Schools where he won the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship. From 1887 to 1890 Frampton undertook further study and work at the studio of Antonin Mercie in Paris.[2]
Frampton returned to England and took up a teaching position at the Slade School of Art in 1893.[3]
He was married to the artist Christabel Cockerell and had one son, the painter and etcher Meredith Frampton.[2]
[edit] Best known works
Among Frampton's notable public sculptures are the figures of Peter Pan playing a set of pipes, the lions at the British Museum and the Edith Cavell monument that stands outside the National Portrait Gallery, London.[2] There are seven casts of the Peter Pan statue, following an original commission by J. M. Barrie.[4] The statues are situated in
- Kensington Gardens, London, England
- Sefton Park, Liverpool, England
- Brussels, Belgium
- Camden, New Jersey, United States
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Toronto, Canada
- Bowring Park in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
A number of his works can be seen at the restored St James' Church, Warter in Yorkshire.
[edit] References
- ^ Reed, Benedict (2 January 2005). "Subject in the New Sculpture". The Victorian Web. University of Leeds. http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/read/6.html. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "George Frampton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/33/101033242/. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "A Brief History of the Slade School of Fine Art". http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/slade09/introduction/history.php. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ "Kensington Gardens: Peter Pan statue - a piece of Neverland". The Royal Parks. http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington_gardens/peter_pan_statue.cfm. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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