He was a regular exhibitor at the
Royal Academy and worked frequently as a medalist, as did his wife,
Mary Tutin, whom he married in 1905. They had been students together at Nottingham.[1]
He served on the Sculpture Faculty of the
British School at Rome and on the Council of the Imperial Arts League.[1] He was a member of the
Art Workers Guild from 1916 until his death, being elected Master in 1935.[2] He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1935, but never became a full Academician.[1]
He died in London on 25 September 1951 aged 76.[1]
Works
Sculptures
Ex Tenebris Lux (from darkness comes light). 1937. In Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand.
A sculptural group of Henry VII at Bosworth Field for the
City Hall, Cardiff, (c.1919).[1]
Figures for the reredos in
Winchester College Chapel, as part of the Winchester College War Memorial (1923).
An allegorical group for the
National Westminster Bank building in Princes Street, London of 1931–1932, notable for figures of Lower Mathematics and Higher Mathematics, in which the latter figure holds a sculpted
magic square.
Ex Tenebris Lux, 1937. Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand.
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