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Description: | Plaster copy of the marble bust of John Phillip RA HRSA. The original marble bust is held in Aberdeen art Gallery. ref. no. AG004589
Plaster cast
53 x 74 x 27.5 cm
Plastercast of marble bust AG004589 held in Aberdeen Art Gallery.William Brodie was educated at aberdeen, worked as a plumber, producing small portrait figures. gradually made a practice as a portrait-sculptor and in 1847 moved to edinburgh. visited rome 1853.arsa in 1857. rsa in 1859 and secretary from 1876 until his death.executed portrait busts of contemporary celebrities.William Brodie was born in Banff on 22 January and died in Edinburgh 30 October 1881. He was the son of a shipmaster who moved to Aberdeen with his family. William was apprenticed as a plumber and studied at the Mechanics Institute,where he began casting small figures in lead. He developed onto modelling medallion portraits and in 1847 was encouraged to study at the Trustees School of Design, where he learnt to model on a larger scale. One of his first works was a bust of his patron Lord Jeffrey.He was elected ARSA (Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy) in 1851, RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) in 1859 and became Secretary of the RSA in 1876.Other works in bronze include: µGreyfriars Bobby╞ (1872) near Greyfriars Kirkyard; µA Peer and his Lady Doing Homage╞ (1875) for the Prince Consort Memorial in Charlotte Square, Sir James Young Simpson (1877) Princes Street West.Other works in stone are µThe Genius of Architecture crowning the Theory and Practice of the Art╞ and the monument to Dugald Stewart on Calton Hill, a portrait bust of Rev. John Paul in St. Cuthberts church, as well as several on the Scott Monument - Jeanie Deans, The Earl of Leicester, Amy Robsart, Edith of Lorn, Oliver Cromwell, Helen MacGregor,and Madge Wildfire.µIn portraiture Brodie had a peculiarly happy knack of catching the likeness. Furthermore, it was almost always a pleasing and characteristic likeness elevated without being over idealised.╞- Quote taken from the dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture.
Statue | Publisher: | MLA:ABDRG | Rights holder: | MLA:ABDRG | Subjects: | Education; Sculpture pre 1600; Fine Art | Temporal: | 1850-1859 | Source: | Robert Gordon University | Creator: | Brodie, William RSA | Identifier: | ABDRG10702 | Language: | en-GB |
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