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[[File:Wooden carving in Port Glasgow town hall - geograph.org.uk - 360926.jpg|thumb|250px|Wooden carving in Port Glasgow town hall. An adjacent plaque reads "These carvings were designed and crafted in 1936 by the head of Glasgow School of Sculpture, Archibald Dawson, as part of a church improvement scheme which was funded by the members of Newark Parish Church and Sir James Lithgow." ]] |
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===Notable works=== |
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One of his noteworthy works was carving of stone and wood mouldings as designed by Sir John Burnett for [[Glasgow University]]'s Memorial chapel,<ref name=MPP/><ref>[http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/chapel/ ''The History of Glasgow University Chapel.''] University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 September 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=222742 ''University of Glasgow, War Memorial Chapel and Arts Building.''] Dictionary of Scottish Architects (DSA) Building/Design Report. Retrieved 3 September 2012.</ref> between 1923-1927. He worked on several chuches by [[Jack (Giacomo) Antonio Coia|Jack Antonio Coia]] and the Ross Memorial Church in 1927.<ref name=Nisbet/> |
One of his noteworthy works was carving of stone and wood mouldings as designed by Sir John Burnett for [[Glasgow University]]'s Memorial chapel,<ref name=MPP/><ref>[http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/chapel/ ''The History of Glasgow University Chapel.''] University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 September 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=222742 ''University of Glasgow, War Memorial Chapel and Arts Building.''] Dictionary of Scottish Architects (DSA) Building/Design Report. Retrieved 3 September 2012.</ref> between 1923-1927. He worked on several chuches by [[Jack (Giacomo) Antonio Coia|Jack Antonio Coia]] and the Ross Memorial Church in 1927.<ref name=Nisbet/> |
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Revision as of 05:20, 3 September 2012
Archibald Dawson | |
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 Sculpture of mother and children above the entrance of the Russell Institute, 1927 | |
| Born | Archibald C. Dawson 1892 Scotland |
| Died | 16 April 1938 Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Awards | Haldane Trust Award |
Archibald C. Dawson ARSA (1892 - 16 April 1938) was a Scottish sculptor, particularly architectural carving.[1] Two of his most noteworthy works include wood and stone carvings for the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel and sculptures for the Russell Institute, which features the images of his wife and two sons.
Personal life and career
His father, Mathew Dawson, was also an architectural carver.[2]
From 1911 - 1913 he attended the Glasgow School of Art and received the Haldane Trust Award. He studied with James Gray and Alexander Proudfoot and in the last year he taught stone carving. Dawson then served during World War I in the Glasgow Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry.[1]
From about 1920-1938, Dawson directed the design, modelling and stone carving classes at the Glasgow School of Art. About 1926, Dawson taught a class in bronze casting in San Diego, California's Santa Barbara School of the Arts. He became the head of the Modelling and Sculpture and Ceramics Department in 1929. Dawson was in 1936 elected Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. The same year he became a member of the The Scottish Modern Arts Association. It was about that time he also was a partner at Dawson & Young, after first working for James Young & Son.[1][2]
His family consisted of wife Isa, and sons Alistair and Hamish.[2] On 16 April 1938, as the St. Andrew figure was being installed for the 1938 Empire Exhibition Scottish Pavilion, Dawson died.[1] His is buried in the Necropolis in an unmarked grave.[2]
Works
Notable works
One of his noteworthy works was carving of stone and wood mouldings as designed by Sir John Burnett for Glasgow University's Memorial chapel,[1][3][4] between 1923-1927. He worked on several chuches by Jack Antonio Coia and the Ross Memorial Church in 1927.[2]
Another important work was the Russell Institute in Paisley, Scotland where he created between 1927 and 1929 group and figures in bronze and other materials. His wife and two sons were models for the large sculpture over the entrance.[2]
Aside from the works that he did for churches, Dawson also did the following works in Glasgow:[2]
- 1927-1931 - Scottish Legal Life Building reliefs and heraldry
- Created a statue of St. Andrew that is on the exterior of what was the North British & Mercantile Building, now the Sun Alliance building. Dawson and his wife were added about 1952 by Jack Mortimer. The Dawsons represented the Seafarer and Seafarer's wife.
- 1928-1929 - Industry and Shipbuilding figures on the Mercat Building
- 1928-1929 - Mercat Cross at Glasgow Cross
- 1930 - Heraldic Unicorn, Margaret Findlay was his model for the work.
- 1933-1935 - Tennent Memorial Building
- Sculpture for other commercial buildings.
His final work, created in 1938, was St. Andrew as a Young Man for the Empire Exhibition's Scottish Pavilion in Bellahouston. Due to his sudden death, the work became his memorial during the Empire Exhibition.[2]
Other works
The following is a partial list of Dawson's works[1]
- Head of a child
- The mask
- Mother and child
- 1915 - Youth
- 1919 - Portrait Study of Miss Nelson
- 1923 - Ophelia
- 1923 - Portrait of Miss Betty Liddell
- 1924 - Kelpie
- 1924 - Mark for black marble
- 1925 - Benje
- 1933 - Jack Antonio Coia, ARIBA
- 1934 - Portrait
- 1935 - Miss Margot Gardner
- 1936 - Hamish Dawson Davidson
- 1936 - Sketch for a garden
- 1936 - Helen Elizabeth Anne Hutchison
- 1937 - Viscount Andover
- 1937 - James Campbell Semple
- 1937 - The artist's wife
- 1938 - Helen Elizabeth Anne
- 1938 - Moyra Mainds
Exhibitions
Dawson exhibited his work many times from 1915-1939:[1]
- The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture: 1924, 1925, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
- The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts: 1915, 1919, 1923
- Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland: 1938
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Archibald C. Dawson ARSA. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nisbet, Gary. Archibald C Dawson (1892-1938). Glasgow - The City of Sculpture. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ The History of Glasgow University Chapel. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ University of Glasgow, War Memorial Chapel and Arts Building. Dictionary of Scottish Architects (DSA) Building/Design Report. Retrieved 3 September 2012.