C. J. Allen (sculptor)
Charles John Allen (2 September 1862[1] – 1956) was a British sculptor, and a figure in the New Sculpture movement.
Biography
Born in Greenford, Middlesex,[2] Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art[3] and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879,[2] becoming the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for four years. In 1894 Allen moved to Liverpool, where he spent more than thirty years as a respected teacher at the University of Liverpool and Vice-Principal at the Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Arts,[2] which became the Liverpool School of Art in 1905.[3]
Allen died in 1956 at Farley Green, Albury, Surrey, where he had lived with his sister since the death of his wife, shortly after his retirement from teaching.[3]
Notable work
- the 1906 monument to Queen Victoria, Liverpool, Allen's masterwork[4]
- two allegorical panels for St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1894
- marble reredos at St Paul's Cathedral, London[2]
- wood carvings at St Albans Cathedral[2]
- work at the Liverpool University College (now University of Liverpool) with architect Alfred Waterhouse, 1895
- frieze for the Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool, c. 1897
- panels and other work for the Peres Bank, Leicester, c. 1900
- War memorial for Eastham Village, 1924
- architectural sculpture for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building, 1927
- choir stall canopies and the font in Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool
Gallery
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Victoria Monument, Liverpool -
Frieze on the Dale Street side of Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool -
Panels of the "Justice" frieze, St George's Hall -
Panels of the "Liverpool" frieze, St George's Hall -
Font at Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool
References
- ^ "Allen, Charles John". Who's Who: 29. 1916.
- ^ a b c d e Speel, Bob. "Charles John Allen (1863-1956)". Bob Steel. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "'Charles John Allen', 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 17 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004). Liverpool. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0300102581. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
External links
- Portrait of Allen
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