Background
He was born in London, the son of an artist-craftsman.
He was born in London, the son of an artist-craftsman.
He was one of the so-called New Sculptors identified by Edmund Gosse in 1894 – a group distinguished by a stylistic turn towards naturalism and their work in architectural sculpture. He trained with William Silver Frith at the South London Technical School of Art (Formerly Lambeth School of Art and now the City and Guilds of London Art School), where he was also taught by Jules Dalou. He was elected Allegany Rehabilitation Associates in 1906, and Research Associate in 1917.
Smaller works include:
statue of Queen Victoria in Woolwich Town Hall
bronze statue of Oliver Cromwell in Street Ives, Huntingdonshire
statue of the 16th Earl of Derby in the Concert Hall of Street George"s Hall, Liverpool
statue of the Reverend Doctor Thomas Guthrie Doctor of Divinity in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
marble reredos at Street Saviour"s Church, Colgate, West Sussex
statue of George Livesey of the Metropolitan Gas s 1909, Peckham, London Borough of Southwark
Robert Burns statue at Fountain Gardens, Paisley
statue of Robert Blake in Bridgwater.