George Anderson Lawson
George Anderson Lawson (Edinburgh 1832 – 23 September 1904) was a British Victorian era sculptor who was associated with the New Sculpture movement.
Life
He was born at Edinburgh in 1832, the son of David Lawson and Anne Campbell. He was educated at
Back in England, he lived initially in Liverpool, making work in terracotta. His reputation was established through the creation of statues of distinguished citizens. His first major work was the statue of the
He later created the memorial to
He is also remembered for his classical friezes, especially reliefs for Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, and panels for the Municipal Buildings, Bath. The art critic Marion Spielmann described his work as "strong, manly and artistic".[3]
Lawson was elected an Honorary Academician of the
Family
On 28 August 1862, he married Jane Frier of Edinburgh.[1]
Gallery
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Portrait of George A. Lawson by Thomas Alexander Ferguson Graham (1882), Aberdeen Art Gallery
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Motherless, a statue of a motherless girl and her father. George Anderson Lawson, 19th century. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, UK
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William Sefton Moorhouse
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Wellington's Column, Liverpool
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Relief on Wellington's Column
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Burns, Ayr
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Burns statue inVictoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Portrait bust of John Pettie
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Motherless (1897), Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ a b c Fryer, S. E. (1912). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- ^ Cavanagh, Terry, Public Sculpture of Liverpool, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996.
- ^ Elizabeth Prettejohn, After the Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Aestheticism in Victorian England, Manchester University Press, 1999, p.243
- ^ Nisbet, Gary. "George Anderson Lawson (1832-1904)". Glasgow: City of Sculpture. glasgowsculpture.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
External links
- George Anderson Lawson (1832-1904)
- Joseph Pease statue
- S. E. Fryer, rev. Robin L. Woodward. "Lawson, George Anderson (1832–1904)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34445. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)