GEORGE FRAMPTON

'Sir George Frampton' (18 June, 1860-21 May, 1928) was a notable British sculptor and leading member of the New Sculpture movement. ^[1]

Contents

Early life and career

Best Known Works

References

Early life and career

Frampton, the London-born son of a stone mason, began his working life in an architect's office before studying under William Silver Frith at the Lambeth School of Art. He went on to the Royal Academy Schools where he won the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship. From 1887 to 1890 Frampton undertook further study and work at the studio of Antonin Mercie in Paris.^[2]
Frampton returned to England and took up a teaching position at the Slade School of Art in 1893.^[3]

Best Known Works

His most notable works of public sculpture are the statue of Peter Pan playing a set of pipes and the Edith Cavell monument that stands outside the National Portrait Gallery, London. ^[4] There are seven casts of the Peter Pan statue, following an original commission by J. M. Barrie.^[5] The statues are in Kensington Palace Gardens in London, England; Liverpool, England; Brussels, Belgium; Camden, New Jersey, United States; Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Toronto, Canada; and Bowring Park in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
He was married to the artist Christabel Cockerell and had one son, the painter and etcher Meredith Frampton.^[4]

References

1. Benedict Reed, Henry Moore Lecturer in Sculpture Studies, University of Leeds "Subject in the New Sculpture" 2 January, 2005
2. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' George Frampton
3. A Brief History of the Slade School of Art
4. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' "George Frampton"
5. Kensington Gardens
6. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' "George Frampton"