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Air Force Memorial
Architectural Sculpture
Author_Dennis Wardleworth
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British Sculpture
British sculpture history
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Derwent Wood
early twentieth century British sculptors
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Edwin Lutyens
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Eye Bright
Francis Derwent Wood
godiva
johns
Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Kitchener Memorial
lady
Lady Godiva
lutyens
MGL
modernist art criticism
Muirhead Bone
pauls
Prix De Rome
public monuments analysis
RAA
RBS.
RBSA
Reginald Blomfield
Royal Academy
Royal Academy artists
Royal Air Force Memorial
Royal Scottish Academy
sculptors
Secretary Of State
St John's Wood
St John’s Wood
Sulgrave Manor
TGA
twentieth century art
war memorials research
wood
Younger Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781409439714
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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William Reid Dick (1878-1961) was one of a generation of British sculptors air-brushed out of art history by the Modernist critics of the late twentieth century. This long-overdue monograph adds to the recent revival of interest in this group of forgotten sculptors, by describing the life and work of arguably the leading figure of the group in unprecedented depth. The facts of Reid Dick's life and his most important works are presented against a backdrop of the historical, social and aesthetic changes taking place during his lifetime. Dennis Wardleworth elucidates why Reid Dick's reputation plummeted so quickly, and why his position in the history of British art deserves to be restored. This study draws upon a wealth of previously unpublished material, including over 2000 letters, and press cuttings and photographs in the Tate Archive, as well as letters and photographs held by Reid Dick's family. It traces the sculptor's story from his birth in the Gorbals in Glasgow, to his election to the Royal Academy and knighting by George V, to the decline of his career and his late-life connection with American millionaire and art collector Huntington Hartford. The first monograph on Reid Dick since 1945, the book also includes images of over 40 of his works and a listing of over 200 works identified by the author.
Dennis Wardleworth is an independent scholar based in Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK. His PhD thesis was on the art and architecture commissioned by London-based multinational companies, 1918-1939.
