Patric Park
Patric Park RSA, ARSA | |
|---|---|
 Posthumous portrait, from photograph, by Kenneth Macleay | |
| Born | 12 February 1811 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 16 August 1855 (aged 44) Warrington, England |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Patric Park (born 12 February 1811, Glasgow; died 16 August 1855, Warrington[1]) was a Scottish sculptor.[2]
Life
He was the son of Matthew Park, a mason from a long line of masons, in Glasgow. At age 14, he was apprenticed to Edinburgh mason John Cornell.[1] With Cornell, when aged only 16, Park was entrusted to carve the family coat of arms over the entrance of Hamilton Palace.[3] From 1828 he worked with the architect James Gillespie Graham.[1] Here he worked on Murthly Castle, which is mainly now demolished, but a chapel containing his work still survives.[3]
From 1831 to 1833 he studied in Rome under Bertel Thorvaldsen.[2] He was regarded as one of Scotland's finest portrait sculptors.[2] His subjects included the miniaturist Kenneth Macleay (1802–78), who in turn made a posthumous portrait of Park, from a photograph, shown above.[2]
He was elected an Associate of the
In 1841 he moved from London to Edinburgh, and in 1852 moved to Manchester.
He died suddenly at Warrington Railway Station, when he ruptured a blood vessel helping a porter with a heavy trunk.[1]
Work
Two of his busts, depicting Admiral
In 1839 he submitted a "fearsome design"
List of works
- Bust of the Duke of Newcastle (1836)
- Monument to Andrew Skene, New Calton Cemetery(1837)
- Monument to Michael Sadler, Leeds Parish Church (1837)
- Monument to Charles Tennant, Glasgow Necropolis (1838) (a strangely relaxed seated pose)
- Monument to Jane Richardson, Sigglethorne (1839)
- Bust of Thomas Campbell (1839)
- Bust of John Landseer (1839)
- Bust of R. B. Haydon (1839)
- Bust of Lord Jeffrey, Scottish National Portrait Gallery(1840)
- Bust of David Octavius Hill, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1842)
- Bust of James Jardine, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1842)
- Bust of Charles Dickens (1842)
- Bust of James Oswald, Glasgow Art Gallery (1842)
- Statue "Eliza" (1843)
- Statue "Alexander" (1845)
- Bust of Kelvingrove Art Gallery
- Bust of the founder, Mr Huggins, Huggins College, Gravesend (1846)
- Bust of James Reddie, Library of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, Glasgow (1847)
- Bust of Earl of Dundonald (1848)
- Bust of Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet (1848)
- Bust of Horatio McCulloch, Royal Scottish Academy (1849)
- Bust of Prof Simpson, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1850)
- Bust of Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (c.1850)
- Bust of Sir John Watson Gordon, Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1852)
- Bust of Sir Charles Napier for Napoleon III (1853)
- Bust of Rev Henry Grey, New College, Edinburgh (1853)
- Bust of Sir John Potter, Manchester Free Library (1854)
- Bust of Napoleon III at the Victoria and Albert Museum (1855)
- Bust of Sir Joseph Whitworth at the Whitworth Art Gallery(1855)
- "A Scotch Lassie", Scottish National Gallery (n.d.)
- Bust of James Hutton, Natural History Museum, London (n.d.)
- Bust of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Natural History Museum, London (n.d.)
- Bust of David Hamilton, Glasgow Museum, (n.d)
- Bust of Charles Barry, Reform Club (n.d.)
- Bust of Sir William Fairbairn, Royal Society (n.d.)
- Bust of Hugh Heugh (1782-1846), New College, Edinburgh (n.d.)[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Patric Park". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Patric Park, 1811 - 1855. Sculptor − Kenneth MacLeay". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ a b c Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1881, Gunnis
- ^ "Patric Park". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Bust of Robert Burns by Patric Park, 1845". Burns Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Napoleon III (1808-1873)". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1881
- ^ "PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0879 - Bust of Sir James Forrest" (PDF). Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2021.
External links
32 artworks by or after Patric Park at the Art UK site
