Background
BRUCE-JOY, Albert Son of Doctor W. Bruce Joy, and b. of George W. Joy, painter.
BRUCE-JOY, Albert Son of Doctor W. Bruce Joy, and b. of George W. Joy, painter.
Studied at Becker’s School, Offenbach. King’s College London.
Kensington and Resident Advisor Schools of Artist Pupil of Foley: studied in Rome 3 years. Twice visited America, and has been over great part, including Far West. Received the only award to busts in Salon, 1896.
Awarded one of the three medals allowed to British Sculpture at Paris International, 187S. And medal Viein^, 1873.
Was the English juror for fine arts, Antwerp International, 1885.
Public statues, chiefly colossal: Glad stone (in front Bow Church), Lord Frederick Cavendish (Barrow - in - Furness), John Bright (Manchester), Bright (Birmingham), Harvey Tercentenary Memorial (Folkestone), Chief-Just. Whiteside (Saint Patrick’s Catli.), Sir M. Wilson (Skipton), Alexander Balfour (Liverpool), Christopher Bushell (University, Liverpool), Graves (Royal College Physical Ire.), Oliver Heywrood (Manchester), Laird (Birkenhead), Whitley (Saint George’s Hall, Liverpool), Berkeley, Bishop (Cloyne Catholic). In the City—bust Lord Salisbury (Mansion House).
Matthew Arnold (Westminster Abbey), Adams (astronomer) memorial (Westminster Abbey), Archbishop of Canterbury (Benson), Lord Farnborough (House of Commons), Codrington Memorial (Saint Paul"s), Montgomery (Saint Paul’s), Sir R. Montgomery (India Office), Lord Cairns Memorial (Lincoln’s Inn), Mark Firth (Firth College Sheffield), Pratt Memorial (School Chapel, Harrow), Archbishop Benson Memorial (Rugby School Chapel, 1898).
In America—the Ayer Colossal Lion (Lowell, Boston), Chauncey Depew bust (Lotus Club, New York), Honourable Loudon Snowden (Philadelphia). Bust of Mary Anderson (Stratfordon-Avon), the John Bright statue (House of Commons), The Provost, George Salmon, Doctor of Divinity, Memorial (Saint Patrick’s Cathedral), and the Memorial of Dean Farrar (Canterbury Cathedral), et cetera
And the following ideal. Sculptor; R.H.A.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Athenaeum, Arts, New Vagabonds, Savage, Authors’.
